'59 AOD install update
Thread Starter
|
Posting Guru
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,440
Likes: 0
From: Ventura County, CA
'59 AOD install update
Other than the obvious shortnening of the driveshaft, I have come across a couple of small hiccups so far in the install of the AOD into my '59 (with a 302 motor):
1. have to notch a small piece of the trans cover to get header clearance (Thorley headers); and
2. required new flywheel and plate (bolt pattern didn't match up from the C4).
Other than that... work continues!
Daryl
1. have to notch a small piece of the trans cover to get header clearance (Thorley headers); and
2. required new flywheel and plate (bolt pattern didn't match up from the C4).
Other than that... work continues!
Daryl
Last edited by DS59F100; Feb 7, 2003 at 08:56 AM.
Thread Starter
|
Posting Guru
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,440
Likes: 0
From: Ventura County, CA
'59 AOD install update
oops, and one more thing:
3. couldn't use the old Lokar kickdown; had to get a new Lokar throttle pressure cable.
Hope this info helps anyone else who is considering doing the same conversion to an AOD. Probably would be on the road with it by now if I didn't have to order additonal parts, or if I knew I would need these parts from the onset of the project. Oh well, patience is my newest virtue!!!
Daryl
3. couldn't use the old Lokar kickdown; had to get a new Lokar throttle pressure cable.
Hope this info helps anyone else who is considering doing the same conversion to an AOD. Probably would be on the road with it by now if I didn't have to order additonal parts, or if I knew I would need these parts from the onset of the project. Oh well, patience is my newest virtue!!!
Daryl
Senior User
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 494
Likes: 1
'59 AOD install update
Daryl,
Make sure that your new flexplate is the right imbalance. 302's swapped from 28 oz to 50 oz somewhere around 81. For a WAG, compare size of weight welded on old flexplate to size of weight welded on new AOD flexplate. Your tranny guy should already know this, but I'd hate to see you do this twice...
Brett
Make sure that your new flexplate is the right imbalance. 302's swapped from 28 oz to 50 oz somewhere around 81. For a WAG, compare size of weight welded on old flexplate to size of weight welded on new AOD flexplate. Your tranny guy should already know this, but I'd hate to see you do this twice...
Brett
Thread Starter
|
Posting Guru
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,440
Likes: 0
From: Ventura County, CA
'59 AOD install update
Brett,
Think they're on top of it: they had to replace the flexplate and the flywheel. Everytime I talk to them, they reiterate the importance of the proper components and REALLY stress the importance of getting the proper setting for the throttle cable and the pressure plate 9so the AOD doesn't burn up). Plus the fact that the builder of the AOD has built many an AOD for Shahan's Racing (the installers) and together they've installed many AOD's in daily drivers AND in race cars over the years. The builder of my AOD and the people at Shahan's will install it together. FYI, H.L. Shahan and his wife were national champions in the late 60's-early 70's; he built 'um and SHE (yes, she) raced 'um... (check the Internet under H.L. Shahan).
They have been very suscinct about what parts and how this thing gets installed. I am anxious to see it completed and drive it to see the difference. On that, I'll let you (and FTE) know... you can count on it!! Thanks for your input and concern; it's nice to have someone out there looking out for me, especially in this most crucial of tranny swaps.
Talkatcha soon,
Daryl
Think they're on top of it: they had to replace the flexplate and the flywheel. Everytime I talk to them, they reiterate the importance of the proper components and REALLY stress the importance of getting the proper setting for the throttle cable and the pressure plate 9so the AOD doesn't burn up). Plus the fact that the builder of the AOD has built many an AOD for Shahan's Racing (the installers) and together they've installed many AOD's in daily drivers AND in race cars over the years. The builder of my AOD and the people at Shahan's will install it together. FYI, H.L. Shahan and his wife were national champions in the late 60's-early 70's; he built 'um and SHE (yes, she) raced 'um... (check the Internet under H.L. Shahan).
They have been very suscinct about what parts and how this thing gets installed. I am anxious to see it completed and drive it to see the difference. On that, I'll let you (and FTE) know... you can count on it!! Thanks for your input and concern; it's nice to have someone out there looking out for me, especially in this most crucial of tranny swaps.
Talkatcha soon,
Daryl
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
firedrake
1948 - 1956 F1, F100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
9
Aug 5, 2016 02:16 PM
rilgulad
Clutch, Transmission, Differential, Axle & Transfer Case
1
May 12, 2005 08:16 AM
glenn prentice
1967 - 1972 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
4
Nov 19, 2004 03:45 PM
DAN L.
Small Block V8 (221, 260, 289, 5.0/302, 5.8/351W)
8
Nov 24, 2000 12:19 PM
