I am getting parts together to rebuild the transmission in my 1988 E150 with a 5.0 and AOD transmission.

My tires are 235/75r/15 I believe the door tag says 225 but it is a conversion van.

The engine and transmission is stock and if I were to pull a trailer it would be seldom and light weight at that. Under 2k trailer and load combined.

Right now I am looking for a ford brand or other equal brand torque converter and the right stall.

So far I have found a new front complete pump E0AZ-7A103-A

And a Ford rebuild kit but I don't see the bands in the kit.
NOS OEM Ford Kit Tran Overhaul E4AZ7C391A
https://www.ebay.com/p/NOS-OEM-Ford-...d=152878364510

So far I have only found an OD band which is not ford but ways the orignal part number is E6AP-7F196-AA

Thanks for any help
Anna

 

If you are rebuilding the trans now would be the time to upgrade it too, have a look here.. https://ford-aod.com/

 

I have no clue where to start with upgrades. I was thinking of buying parts and having a local shop do the work. I have read about people upgrading them but very little about local shops doing it. I have pulled and replaced a couple of automatics, changed the front pump seal, flushed, changed filters, replaced my shift shaft seal, cleaned the governor, set tv pressure, and a couple of other minor things but have never actually been inside one. If I had my young son who flew the coupe a while back I might think about pulling the AOD out of my 85 and see but that's not possible right now. I am pretty much stuck with buying one already rebuilt or finding a local shop. I assume most of the local shops probably use cheap kits and charge extra for worn parts. SO I was thinking to buy some of the most common parts that wear and just have the shop replace them while they have it apart.

What are your thoughts? The highest recommended rebuilder around here retired a few months ago..