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By kansas - 12 Years Ago
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I have ran into a problem installing transmission? the adapter plate is 1 1/2 inch thick so when you installed it on back of engine there is no room between it and the fire wall for the aod to go/if you have installed a Bendtesen aod kit in a 55 fairlane I would like to hear how you worked around this problem /Did you move engine forward or cut the fire wall? or did you come up with something else
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By HT32BSX115 - 12 Years Ago
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Howdy,
Well, you'll have to move either the transmission or the engine.
In my case, I "moved" BOTH since I had to remove the T-98 4 speed and shorten the front driveshaft to accommodate the MUCH longer E4OD.
Your car obviously didn't come new with the AOD so I would expect you to have to do something similar.
I also had to adjust the vertical position of the engine in mine but I have a LOT of room in every direction (probably more than you have of course)
You may just have to move the engine forward an inch or two.
Pictures?
Regards,
Rick
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By MoonShadow - 12 Years Ago
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I used their adapter with an AOD in my 56 Victoria and didn't have any firewall or tunnel clearance problems. Chuck
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By kansas - 12 Years Ago
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Did you pull the engine frist and mount aod up and reinstalled ?If I had it to do over thats the way I would do it/when the engine is still in car its not much fun
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By kansas - 12 Years Ago
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I have more ? for you/what did you use for speedometer cable? also did you use a lokar tv cable or one from a ford that had a aod in it and if you did what year?
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By MoonShadow - 12 Years Ago
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Yes, mine was installed with the engine out. It didn't seem like it would be much more difficult in car but I had the engine out for a rebuild already. Chuck
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By Gerry - 12 Years Ago
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I really don't know what I am talking about here but if the motor mounts are reversed or backwards will it make a diffrence? Just asking. Gerry
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By The Master Cylinder - 12 Years Ago
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Gerry, you do know what your talking about and yes it does make a difference, tho minimal. If the mounts were installed backwards it would move the engine FORWARD ~1" though.
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