DeTomaso Mailing List: February 98, Message #264
     



From: 	scott black <timepiecepr@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Them thar' 2V heads, AO

Date: 	Thu, 5 Feb 1998 10:14:57 +0000





I did the opposite when I swapped my 302 & C4 for a 351C & C6 in my

'68 Cougar.  To do so, we had to shorten the drive shaft, change the

mounting hardware, and improvise the linkage.  All in all, it took a

while to sort out the linkage problem.  For a while, the Cougar would

get stuck and refuse to shift into drive unless I crawled under the

car and manipulated the linkage.  The last time it did that, I ended

up running the car over myslelf-but that's another story.  We got it

right after I earned a treadmark across my chest.



The moral is, swapping Ford auto tranny's includes a few things that

one does not always anticipate.



Scott Black







---Swervedriver <wideopen@fred.net> wrote:

>

> On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Craig Cline wrote:  

> 

> should fit with no problems.  I don't remember what the AOD shift

pattern

> looks like, but I think it only has 3 forward selections so you

shouldn't

> have to change your shifter (if you do there are plenty of better

> aftermarket auto-shifters available).  > > > Craig Cline > '74 #7352

- da

> Green One > > >

> 

> The AOD shift pattern in my friend's Mustang was 1-D-OD. Ie no

second gear

> selection. THat didn't mean you couldn't select 2nd gear, though. Just

> manually shift 1-D somewhere near redline and the pop it back into

1. This

> would keep it from shifting to 3rd, but it was also smart enough not

to go

> back into 1st. As you can well imagine, this took some convincing on

his

> part, but he eventually got up enough gut to try it, and it worked.

His

> may have been electronically controlled, though (1990 Mustang).

> 

> Brian

> 

> 

> 



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