I bought a 1995 Ford F150 back in January. The reverse was out of it, so the seller agreed to change the transmission. For reference, it is a 4R70W transmission. After I got the truck home, I noticed the shifter would barely go into 4 low, and it kept popping out. So I crawled underneath for a look. The mounting surface for the shifter bracket is on the tail housing. Here is where the problem lies. The bolt holes on the tail housing for the bracket, are 3 inches, center to center. The bolt holes in the bracket are closer together. They are 1 3/4, center to center. He had one bolt in the bracket, and one on the edge of the bracket. It was held tight, but it is not working, obviosly so. I contacted the seller. He said, he had forgotten the bracket and shifter, on the old transmission, when he turned it in for the core, at the salvage yard. He went back the next day, and they gave him a bracket, which they claim came off of the old transmission. Also, somewhere, during the installation, he broke the shifter (don't ask, I don't know either, lol). The new (used) Tranny, is out of a 1994. Which it is my understanding that the 94 and 95 trucks that take the same tranny. The code on the ID plate on the tranny is, F4TP-BA, so that tells me that it is a 94. I inquired about a used shifter assembly for 92-96 F series truck, or Bronco, on Ebay. The seller told me that the holes on his bracket were 1 3/4 apart. Does any one of you, know what I might be able to get a bracket off of?

 

Good morning. Any takers on this subject?

 

Come on. Surely somebody out there has some info for me.

 

I just went and measured the bracket on my 96 with E4OD and came up with 1 3/4" center-center also.

So it looks like your tailhousing might be the wrong one, the 4R70W was used in the later body styles also, but the transfer case went to I think a BW4407 so I don't know if it's possible to use a later year tailhousing with an OBS truck (and it BW1356 t-case).

I'd just go to the yard and find a bracket to match your existing housing.

And let's see some pics of your new truck!

 

I was wondering about the E4OD's. Thanks for checking yours for me. I've seen pictures of 4R70W's on Ebay. They look identical to mine (including the bolt holes in the tail housing for the shift bracket) The problem I am running into is, every truck that other people are willing to let me look at, all have the E4OD tranny. It seems like the 4R70W is a rare tranny. At least for the region that I live in.

 

Ah crap, I just edited my original post after thinking some more, thinking I'd beat anyone to reading it haha.

The 4R70W was used in many different vehicles, but I don't know if those bolt holes are the same on all of them since there are different case styles depending on what engine it was meant to bolt up to.

 

Couple of pictures might have helped, I was under the assumption the T/C shifter mount bracket was the same regardless of trans, same goes for the shifter itself but again assumption on my part. I mean why make it different just a mater of two bolt bosses in the correct location in the tail housing, more trouble than its worth to make them different for each trans for given model vehicle.....yea we all know that's not always the case but anyway...

If the shifter works correctly other than missing bolt, why not simply weld a tab onto the bracket you have now to pick up that other mount point with a second bolt?

Probably much easier/faster than attempting to track down a bracket that may or may not exist. Not saying one doesn't no welding a tab on it'd be a done deal in a half hour or so no searching required.

 

As I mentioned at the beginning of this thread, it's not working correctly. I can barely get it to go into 4 Lo. And then it doesn't go all the way in, and keeps popping back out.

 

Yea seeing it would help however it's just a pivot point and yea its possible neither bolt hole in the bracket you have is in the correct position.

Can't fully get 4 low then need to drill another hole then add tab to reach over that 3 inches for the second bolt, once shifter is in proper position to get full range selection.

What I was driving at is sounds like you have what you need the most, a good 1995 BW 1356 shifter and one that's mounted to a bracket provides factory functionality. If you have no welder no scrap steel to work with probably not a viable option regardless.

 

I didn't know they made an aftermarket shifter for the transfer case.

 

They don't, I think what he meant is you have a shifter that is the correct one for a '95 model. 87-92 trucks had a different style of shifter, where instead of pushing down to get thru the neutral detent, the lever would move sideways instead.

 

Well, I have been doing a lot of homework, since we last spoke. Upon further inspection, when I try to shift into 4 Lo, the shift rod that is coming through the boot, it hits against the cab floor, thus not letting it go all the way into gear.
Yeah, I could have a semi-simple fix, by cutting away a small potion of my cab floor, and then welding a small piece onto my existing bracket, as you mentioned. But, I really don't want to cut my floor.
What my homework revealed is.....The bracket is different between the E4OD, and the AODE trannys. I have the bracket for the E4OD. I need the bracket for the AODE.

 

Hello out there. I'm still looking for a transfer case shift bracket, for my AODE Tranny.

 

Did you expect one to magically appear by posting that?

Post a wanted ad in the sale forum here, hit the junkyard, search ebay/craigslist for the part, or for someone parting out a truck, modify your existing one, build one from scratch... plenty of ways to get it.

 

Wishful thinking, huh? LOL! I had a tip on a guy down in NC, who has Ford truck parts. That was a major dead end. I injured both of my legs, while I was in Iraq. It's kind of hard for me, to go trapesing around the junk yard. Kind of hoping, I might stir one up, here. I didn't know that there was a sale forum, on here. I'll go give that a try.