Will a 5.0 AOD tranny Fit into a SC 3.8?
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gldiii
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Yes the Mustang AOD will bolt up and use your same driveshaft. You can buy any AOD in the Mustang magazines and it should work. Lentech, ARt Carr, GER, B&M, ...
The shifter linkage may need to be swapped from your SC AOD.
Be cautious on junkyard trannies, as some inner parts can rust over time.
The shifter linkage may need to be swapped from your SC AOD.
Be cautious on junkyard trannies, as some inner parts can rust over time.
Mustang?
So an AOD from a 5.0 mustang will work? I won't have to mess with the driveshaft or the Electrical connections? the linkage is not a big deal, I'll just have to set it up right. What year(s) should I look for? How did the swap go form the stang? any thing to look for?
So an AOD from a 5.0 mustang will work? I won't have to mess with the driveshaft or the Electrical connections? the linkage is not a big deal, I'll just have to set it up right. What year(s) should I look for? How did the swap go form the stang? any thing to look for?
The mustang tranny is very easy to fit. Everything is an exact fit except for the linkage. All you have to do is drop the pans on each tranny and swap the linkage from your SC trans to the new trans. It's easy and only takes a couple of minutes. It will be obvious when you look at them them that they are different. The only other thing you MIGHT have to change is that somewhere along the lines I think they changed the number of teeth on the internal speedo gear on the transmission. I think it was late 80's. My memory is a little foggy on that, but I recall something about that. If that is the case you might have to change your speedometer gear to make it read correctly, but that's easy to do since you would have it off anyway.
John
John
dode may be right!
Well, I think I may atempt this. I've located an AOD from a 5.0 stang and apparently it's the same except for the linkage. I called a performance tranny place and they said that all the AOD's are the same except for the trucks and lincolns which have the longer tailshaft (11.5") as opposed to the shorter 10.5" that our cars use. I asked about Splines, input & output shafts, gear ratios and torque converters. He told me that they are all the same (as long as the Trq Conv is stock). Anyway, I will post feedback once this is done. This sounds logical because knowing how ford works, they don't want to change too much when commonizing parts.
Well, I think I may atempt this. I've located an AOD from a 5.0 stang and apparently it's the same except for the linkage. I called a performance tranny place and they said that all the AOD's are the same except for the trucks and lincolns which have the longer tailshaft (11.5") as opposed to the shorter 10.5" that our cars use. I asked about Splines, input & output shafts, gear ratios and torque converters. He told me that they are all the same (as long as the Trq Conv is stock). Anyway, I will post feedback once this is done. This sounds logical because knowing how ford works, they don't want to change too much when commonizing parts.
.Scott Long
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What electrical connections are you talking about? The AOD isn't an electronic transmission like the 4R70W. Also the AOD is the same AOD. If it says AOD, its an AOD.