tanny question

[treel98]

How do i tell if i have the A4LD transmission? Its A 1990 bronco ii Eddie Bauer Edition 2.9L automatic transmission if that helps.

 

[ab_slack]

Look here.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/AutoTrans.shtml

Looks like it almost has to be an A4LD based on the years, but look at the pictures see if you can match up.

There should be an identifier on the door sticker which should ID what it was manufactured with.

 

[PetesPonies]

Only years that don't have a A4LD is '84 and '85.

 

[Lost Bushman]

Yes, it's an A4LD.

Yes, it's garbage.

Don't fix, convert to manual.

Be happy forever.

 

[work_in_progress]

Yes, it's an A4LD.

Yes, it's garbage.

Don't fix, convert to manual.

Be happy forever.

Listen to him. I regret not ditching the A4LD when I put a 92 Explorer's 4.0. Now due to the stupid transmission, it still doesn't run thanks to the shift arm on the transmission being upside down! Still can't fix it, and that's why the Bronco wasn't ready. I hate the A4LD and i have never driven with it

 

[treel98]

ok thanks for the advice i was thinking about doing 4.0 swap and just keeping the trans becuase it will fit and is just a strait up bolt in but ill reconsider

 

[PetesPonies]

With a bellhousing from a '84 or '85 Bronco or Ranger . . you can bolt a C4 behind your engine. But you loose OD, but have a much better transmission. If you need OD, go manual.

 

[tsi617]

Or if you need od go c5

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[PetesPonies]

Wrong! a C5 is not an OD transmission. It is a 3 speed. I have converted 2 C5s to C4s. There are a couple simple changed that make them effectively a C4. I have the stock C5 in my '84 Bronco connected to a V8 now, and in C4 guise. Most C5s had a lock up converter, except in Rangers and Broncos. Still that doesn't make it an OD.

 

[tsi617]

I am shamed. Locked up converters are not od. AOD is what I should of said. Or go with a 4r70 out of a 3.8 sn197 mustang.

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[PetesPonies]

The 4R70 will work?

 

[treel98]

What Will be THE CHEAPEST route to go for a 4.0 with good reliability AUTOMATIC preferably for the simple fact of 1 i need this to be a DD for a while and don't want to have to shift up shift down. Because the stop lights and stop signs around me are about 1/3 mile apart so its go up to 2nd gear and then first then second and third and back to first. The only thing is my dad got the A4LD Rebuilt about 350 miles ago when he drove it for 3 months before the truck became mine.

 

[PetesPonies]

whats wrong with it ( A4LD ) now?

 

[tsi617]

The v6 99-04 mustangs 4r70 bolts to a 5.0 block which, correct me if I am wrong, shares the same bolt pattern as a 2.9.

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[PetesPonies]

You are wrong. The 2.9 shares with the 2.8 and 4.0.

 

[tsi617]

Well then I'll stand corrected again. However, anything that's going to accept a c4/c5/aod will accept that 4r70.

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[treel98]

nothing is wrong with the A4LD right now. Its just i was thinking about doing a 4.0 swap and was going to keep it but i hear that it is junk so i don't know. I intend on keeping this truck for AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. I think the 4.0 will do for now since i have to emissions test it one day i will move to Tennessee with my dads side of the family (Indiana's winters suck) lol and then when the 4.0 is done i think a 302 will fit nicely

 

[PetesPonies]

NO . . the stock 2.8 came with a C5. You change the bell housing only to use the SAME transmission with a 289/302/251. You just take a bell from a C4 or C5 that was behind a V8. So sorry, wrong again You need the flexibility of changing the bell. The stock 2.8 bell would allow the C4 or C5 to work behind the 4.0.

 

[adsm08]

Well then I'll stand corrected again. However, anything that's going to accept a c4/c5/aod will accept that 4r70.

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Where are you getting your information?

By your logic a 5.0 M5OD will bolt to a 2.3L.


Also, the 4R70 is an electronic transmission. You can bolt it to whatever you want to, but if the right computer isn't there to tell it what to do it won't do anything.

 

[tsi617]

5.0 logic. C4 bolts to a 302, c4 and c5 share bell housings. 302 and aod, as well as aode are factory combos. 4r70 is a aode with updates. The 3.8 4r70 WILL bolt to a 5.0.

Therefore, if it bolts up to a C4, it bolts up to the above stated trannies.

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