AOD Shift Lever Help Needed
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AOD Shift Lever Help Needed
Anyone got a picture of the proper way to connect shift linkage to the side of the AOD transmission. I don't have a haynes that covers this transmission. I know there is the lever to the steering column and the kick down cable that comes from under the black cover where the throttle cable is. It looks like there is a spot for another cable. Is there something missing? I think it is hooked up wrong seeing how the movement of the gear position indicator movement on the steering column is way off. This is a 1986 XLT Lariat w/ 302 efi.
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AOD Shift Lever Help Needed
thanks, I think I see the problem. The tranny must have been swapped at some point, the lever on the tranny doesn't look like that one and the bell crank looks different. That would probably explain why the gear position indicator on the steering column only travels about half the distance across when moving the shifter from park to 1. The sticker in the door say transmission code T which is AOD. Which tranny has an oil pan that say METRIC Automatic Overdrive. Is there a way to look at the tranny to tell what it is?
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AOD Shift Lever Help Needed
What you have is an AOD.
Franklin2's post above does not show the AOD linkage for an EFI motor.
If the tranny shifts correctly, and the only problem is with the indicator in the dash, you need to remove the steering column cover inside the passenger compartment and make the adjustment to the pointer there. There is a cable that runs from the indicator in the dash, to the base of the shifter lever in the column, right behind the steering wheel. At that point there is a large "set" screw that will adjust how the pointer moves.
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85 F150 4x4, Bal & BP 302, EFI, K&N air filter, Heddman headers, High-flow Cats, Custom side-exit exhaust, 4" Rancho lift, Rancho 9000 shocks, Rancho Torque Arms, 4.10:1 gears, Rear limited slip diff., 33" BFGs, Warn Winch, SnugTop.
Franklin2's post above does not show the AOD linkage for an EFI motor.
If the tranny shifts correctly, and the only problem is with the indicator in the dash, you need to remove the steering column cover inside the passenger compartment and make the adjustment to the pointer there. There is a cable that runs from the indicator in the dash, to the base of the shifter lever in the column, right behind the steering wheel. At that point there is a large "set" screw that will adjust how the pointer moves.
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85 F150 4x4, Bal & BP 302, EFI, K&N air filter, Heddman headers, High-flow Cats, Custom side-exit exhaust, 4" Rancho lift, Rancho 9000 shocks, Rancho Torque Arms, 4.10:1 gears, Rear limited slip diff., 33" BFGs, Warn Winch, SnugTop.
Last edited by MagBayBrian; Apr 1, 2003 at 10:57 AM.
