Ok, all this info is probably already somewhere in the forum... in fact, I knew I had to do this from info I found in the forum... so well documented. But I thought I would do a little write up for the noobs like myself who may not have the best knowledge (though we're learning more and more every day thanks to all the great folks on here!) and also may need a visual.
Also, I found a lot of the material out there on this covered the bushing for the kickdown cable on the later AODs, so this one is for those of us who have older cars. The principle is the same as the cables, but here's everything from the rod's POV.
In my case I had issues with shifting. As in my tranny would not shift out of first. Nothing like driving 40 km/hour at 4000 rpm. Anywho, some research indicated that this bushing may be my problem. I ordered one from the local Ford store (they come in two's from there and all in cost my about $20 for both of them... rockauto has these for $1.98/each).
I inspected the kickdown rod to carb linkage to see what kind of shape my old bushing was in and here's what I saw.
Yes, you're eyes are not fooling you... there is no bushing.
Here's a closer look.
Yep, it's gone.
This certainly explains why I was having shifting issues. As you can see from all the crap on my intake manifold, perhaps a woodland critter made off with it and used it for its own Panther project? At least s/he had the wherewithal to put my kickdown rod back on the pin.
Based on the exploded diagram I saw at the Ford store, the busing goes in narrow end towards the carb. Install it onto the rod fist, the pop it onto the pin.
Installing on the rod takes some oomph. I bent my thumbs backwards trying to get it on before thinking of a better way. My better way was using a c-clamp and a socket.
The socket sat between the solid end of the c-clamp and the rod and the busing sat on the moveable part of the c-clamp, positioned just over the hole in the rod. I wound the clamp until it pushed the bushing through the hole, with the narrow end of the bushing fitting inside the socket so it wouldn't get crushed in the clamp.
Once it was nicely seated in the rod, I popped it onto the pin and that was that.
A quick, easy shifting test drive confirmed that all my AOD woes stemmed from this little detail. Which proves the adage true, it's the small things in life that have the biggest impact.
Hope this helps someone!
Cheers,
Sean
Also, I found a lot of the material out there on this covered the bushing for the kickdown cable on the later AODs, so this one is for those of us who have older cars. The principle is the same as the cables, but here's everything from the rod's POV.
In my case I had issues with shifting. As in my tranny would not shift out of first. Nothing like driving 40 km/hour at 4000 rpm. Anywho, some research indicated that this bushing may be my problem. I ordered one from the local Ford store (they come in two's from there and all in cost my about $20 for both of them... rockauto has these for $1.98/each).
I inspected the kickdown rod to carb linkage to see what kind of shape my old bushing was in and here's what I saw.
Yes, you're eyes are not fooling you... there is no bushing.
Here's a closer look.
Yep, it's gone.
This certainly explains why I was having shifting issues. As you can see from all the crap on my intake manifold, perhaps a woodland critter made off with it and used it for its own Panther project? At least s/he had the wherewithal to put my kickdown rod back on the pin.
Based on the exploded diagram I saw at the Ford store, the busing goes in narrow end towards the carb. Install it onto the rod fist, the pop it onto the pin.
Installing on the rod takes some oomph. I bent my thumbs backwards trying to get it on before thinking of a better way. My better way was using a c-clamp and a socket.
The socket sat between the solid end of the c-clamp and the rod and the busing sat on the moveable part of the c-clamp, positioned just over the hole in the rod. I wound the clamp until it pushed the bushing through the hole, with the narrow end of the bushing fitting inside the socket so it wouldn't get crushed in the clamp.
Once it was nicely seated in the rod, I popped it onto the pin and that was that.
A quick, easy shifting test drive confirmed that all my AOD woes stemmed from this little detail. Which proves the adage true, it's the small things in life that have the biggest impact.
Hope this helps someone!
Cheers,
Sean
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