Hi i have an 74 250 with an 360 and c6. Is there a way to put an AOD that will bolt up thanks for you time

 

Short answer, no. The FE's (360/390) used a unique bell housing bolt patern and the FE was discontinued well before any od automatics were used.
To use an AOD you'll need to use an adapter.

 

do you know were to find the adapter for that truck and does any bodey know what other years i can swap out the steering columb. for the 74
thank you

 

Google "Ford FE aod conversion" should give you the info you need.

 

Transmission Adapter Pricing

heres a company that does adapters

you will also a different shifter to accommodate the OD

 

Give Performance Automatic from Maryland a call, they make some adapters for these transmissions.

 

I don't understand why everyone thinks a different shifter would be needed. In the 80-86 Ford trucks, the column was same for a C6 or AOD, the difference was in the gear indicator markings (PRND21 vs PRN(Od)D1) but since that was remotely mounted in the dash, it could just be swapped out.

Yes, there are adapters that would allow for bolting an AOD to the FE, but the AOD in stock form won't last very long behind an FE. There's a reason Ford never put this trans behind anything larger than a 300-I6 or 302 V8 in a pickup. It was also seldomly installed into anything larger than an F150, but did find it's way into a few F250's behind a 302.
The AOD can be beefed up to handle the extra power/torque of the engine, and added weight of the F250 and it's load capacity, but the cost is close to $1000 to do so. This doesn't even include the cost of the adapter to fit the engine, nor shorten the driveshaft, or even the special cable and bracket to operate the throttle valve inside the AOD.
All together, it could cost close to $2000 to do this swap *correctly*. It will take a while to recover that cost in fuel savings, assuming the AOD holds up long enough to do so at all......

 

thank you for all the info. im just tring to get the most (mpg) out fo this truck i know that is a funny thought but every little bit helps. so do you have any ideas on in prooving (mpg)?
and thank you for all the help

 

I have an AOD in my truck behind a fuel injected 302 and I get about 11 mpg. I am getting ready to play around with some gearing to see if I can get more out of it.

 

My 1983 302 with a 2 barrel carb and AOD gets around 16 mpg. More if I drive it like grandma.

 

I agree with Wulff, except that an AOD should hold up fine behind your 360 as long as the throttle valve pressure is set correctly, you don't tow in the Overdrive gear, and it at least has a shift kit behind it. Member Conanski over in the 1987-1996 forums had an AOD with only a shift kit behind a modified 351 that he drove hard and it lasted him close to 10 years before he wrecked his truck.

There is definitely something wrong with your truck, unless you are driving it like you stole it or are running oversize tires.

I have a stock AOD in my modified carbureted 5.0/302 (see specs in my signature) and I have actually gotten over 20 MPG on the highway! At 55 MPH, I am cruising along at only 1500 RPMs. That is with 255 70R/15 tires and a 3.55 gear. Around town I average around 14 MPG as long as I stay out of the secondaries.

 

any other ideas for helping the (mpg) i know thats funny tring to get better (mpg) just looking for any thing that will help
thank you all for the info any thing will help