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AOD Installation Instructions

AOD Instructions

IMPORTANT

PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLATION ON ALL TRANSMISSIONS !!

Transmission cooler and cooler lines must be COMPLETELY flushed prior to installation! Failure to do this can damage transmission and VOID warranty!

Use *Kooler Kleen* - available at most auto part stores !

AOD Throttle Cable Fix and Adjust

FORD AOD Automatic Overdrive

LIFT TAB TYPE-TV CABLE ADJUSTMENT

IMPORTANT: The AOD transmission may feel like it is shifting at the right time when the TV cable is actually way off! The transmission will work for a while and then FAIL! It is critical that you learn to set the TV exactly like this paper says. Why?

So that you will "see" how it works, know that it's right and not be fiddling with it for an hour, when and if you have some other problem.

1. Lift tab up to unlock adjustment assembly.

2. Have someone floorboard the accelerator pedal from inside the vehicle.

While the pedal is floored, push on the throttle body arm to make sure it's bottomed against its stop (wide open). (Adjust throttle cable, if necessary).

3. While the throttle is floorboarded, lock the tab on TV adjuster.

4. Make scratch with hacksaw blade or knife up tight against the adjustment assembly. This is the MAX TV mark.

5. Unlock the tab and slide housing towards bare cable 5/16" and lock tab. You can use a 5/16" bolt as a gauge. Make another mark up tight against adjustment assembly. This is the MIN TV mark.

6. Make another mark midway between MAX and MIN. This is MID-mark.

7. Adjust to MID-mark CI and road test.

ROAD TEST

In manual "3" it must have 3-2 kickdown at 50 mph (passenger cars).

CARB AND THROTTLE BODY INJECTOR MODELS: Seem to work best with setting

between MIN and MID.

PORT INJECTION MODELS (Standard): Start with a setting just under MID.

HIGH OUTPUT Port injection models: Start with setting just a hair over MID

Adding TV to attempt to correct pinging, chugging or lugging won't work. It Just causes thumps, bumps and extra wear. Set the TV so that the shifts are smooth and not late.

FORD AOD Automatic Overdrive

BLOCK TYPE-TV CABLE ADJUSTMENT

IMPORTANT: The AOD transmission may feel like it is shifting at the right time when the TV cable is actually way off! The transmission will work for a while and then FAIL! It is critical that you learn to set the TV exactly like this paper says. Why?

So that you will "see" how it works, know that it's right and not be fiddling with it for an

hour, when and if you have some other problem.

1. Pull/push TV cable and block assembly out of throttle arm rubber grommet.

2. Have someone floorboard accelerator pedal from inside the car.

While the pedal is floored, push on the throttle body arm to make sure it's bottomed

(wide open) against its stop. (Adjust throttle cable, if necessary.)

3. Push the locking tab up through the adjustment block, with a pocket screwdriver, so that the locking tab is standing up next to clevis pin as shown in the picture.

4. While someone is holding' the throttle pedal floorboarded:

Pull the cable rail HARD towards the end of the cable with one hand, at the same time engage the clevis firmly into the throttle arm grommet.

Engaging the clevis automatically locks the tab by pushing it into the block.

5. Pull the block adjustment assembly out of the grommet:

Make a mark, on the rail, with a hacksaw blade or knife up against adjustment block.

This is the MAX TV mark.

6. Make another mark 5/16" from the max mark out on the rail. (Use a 5/16 pan bolt for a gauge.) This is MIN TV mark.

7. Make another mark midway between MAX mark and MIN mark. This mark is

average or MID-mark.

8. Unlock the adjustment tab. Set on MID-mark and lock tab. (Push it down into block.)

Install into throttle arm grommet and road test.

ROAD TEST

In manual "3", must have 3-2 kickdown at 50 mph (passenger cars).

CARB AND THROTTLE BODY INJECTOR MODELS: Seems to work best with

setting between MIN and MID.

PORT INJECTIONI MODELS(Standard): Start with a setting just under MID.

HIGH OUTPUT Port injection models: Start with setting just a hair over MID.

FORD AOD Automatic Overdrive

ROD TYPE-TV ADJUSTMENT

1. Remove the air cleaner. Have someone floor the gas pedal from inside the car while you bend the THROTTLE cable bracket until the butterfly arm bottoms solidly on it's stop.

2. Turn the adjustment screw IN until 13 threads are sticking out the front of the adjuster arm. (Approx. 7/16")

3. Start the engine with the AIR OFF and leave it OFF.

4. While the engine is idling, loosen the adjustment bolt on the arm on the side of the transmission with a 13mm socket one full turn. Push the arm up (towards the top of the vehicle) and gently tighten the bolt.

5. Now go back to the top adjustment and back off 13 turns.

6. Now ROAD TEST. Place the selector in the '3' position and cruise at 45 mph. Floor the throttle, you will have no 3-2 kickdown. Turn the adjuster screw in exactly one turn at a time until you have kickdown at 45 mph. Then, turn the screw in 3 more turns. You will be in the middle of the TV adjustment.

7. Now ROAD TEST for shift feel and timing. You can adjust in or out up to 2 turns to improve shift quality.

8. Replace the air cleaner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Cable adjustment is clearly the most confusing and overlooked step involving proper installation of your automatic transmission.

In most cases, amateur (and many pro) installers simply leave this

critical cable either disconnected or improperly adjusted.

The result: clutch damage and ultimately total transmission destruction.

In some cases cable seems to be adjusted properly, however, pressure is incorrect …. and results in shift problems after driving for a few months.

Results: Fluid is dark & smells burnt. 3^rd and 4^th gear clutches are burnt and will cause erratic shifts or no 3 / 4 gears at all.

So, be sure from the start that cable is adjusted properly and shift points are where they should be.

If unit is returned for warranty repair, it is very easy for us to determine what caused failure.

We will work with you to repair unit at lowest cost possible, but it will not be repaired for free, nor will we cover any shipping cost, so please be careful to adjust TV properly!

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