Anyone can chime in, I just was trying to get Paul's attention..... ....Well I pulled the pan from my AOD and found this plastic plunger looking thing in the pan. My question is ....What the hell is it and most of all, did it come out of the tranny? thanx in advance guys....
It's nothing important, something like a shipping plug, but I forget exactly. Or look here with a quick Google search: http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forums/5-0l-tech/111716-something-1990-ford-aod-transmission.html
Thanx a lot Dave, I got a lil worried like the guy in that link. My buddy I got the tranny from said there's less than 2k miles on it. So when I saw this part, I almost freaked. So that means I was the first to open her up?!?, that's good.
It's a very important plug that is used to keep dirt out of the case until the dipstick tube is installed. When they install the dipstick tube the plug is pushed into the pan - where it lays until the first service or rebuild. I have seen C4s with them still in the pan after 100000+ miles. Toss it into the recycle bin.
I would recommend that when you do put the transmission in you remove the plug rather than pushing back into the case. If for no other reason than it shows that it has been rebuilt or serviced. We transmission guys tend to look more closely at transmissions that don't have the plugs for modifications that might be missed if we see a plug in the pan. I have a steel plug that I use for transmissions that are ready to be installed. It uses an o-ring seal just like the plastic plug but has been painted bright (ugly) yellow from being in place as I paint my transmissions. It can't be pushed in because it has a flange so it has to be pulled out. That way my customers can put it in their core tranmission when they return it to me along with the speedometer plug.
I'm kinda having another problem now... the torque converter seems to not want to seat all the way inside the tranny. There appears to be some more room between the converter and the pump... any thoughts?
Try to rotate while lightly supporting the pilot of the torque converter. It is easier if the transmission is held vertically.
I have the tranny sitting vertially, and pushing the converter down while spinning, still nothing... I see the slot on the converter where its suppose to fit into the slot inside the pump area....it just wont go in all the way... what gives. I never have this problem with GM stuff.
How do I know if I have the wrong converter? There are three sets of gear teeth on the shaft of the tranny. When I look into the converter, I only see two sets of teeth. Shouldn't I see three like the tranny shaft?
Yokeracer, Don't push down on it. Lift it slightly each time you turn it a bit. Pushing down will just spin the clutch and shafts. Take the weight off without lifting it high enough to disengage it from the shafts you already have captured. It's an art not a science.
Well I had the guy over that gave me the tranny. And to his surprise, he thinks he gave me the wrong one. Now when you pull out the shaft and place it inside the converter, is it suppose to engage the last set of splines it touches? Because when I put the shaft in, it doesn't lock in place (the shaft can spin in place). Like I think it should. And like I said earlier, there are only two sets of splines in the converter, where the tranny shaft has three sets of splines. Is the inner converter suppose to match the tranny shaft?
Well I made it out the to tranny shop around the corner. The guy let me see an AOD converter, well as I suspected, the inside of that converter had 3 sets of splines. So next week I'll be going back getting that converter for $65 bucks. I'll keep ya posted. Thanx PaulS. big help.
