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grey88gt · 05-16-2006, 06:33 AM

When I got my 88, it had just had the tranny rebuilt buy a Ford dealership. It as well shifted way to soft and to fast. I followed the instructions in the Haynes manual, and it helped 100% on the shifting. So I went one step further and readjusted the cable again and shorten the cable buy aprox 1/16 of an inch. Wow what a diffrance again. Man does it shift nice and hard, holds the gears better under normal driving. The only thing ive noticed if I have the car in OD I have to manualy shift it back to 3rd before pulling up to stop. Other than that is great, itll bark the tires hard in 2nd with a 2.73 gear out back. Ive been driving the car almost two years like this and it hasnt had any problems what so ever with the trans. One more thing, in the rain you really gota lift the foot when it goes into 2nd gear (lots a fun). Thats just my experiance with my AOD, not to say thats its right or wrong, but it has worked great for me. Good luck.

05-16-2006, 06:33 AM	#18
grey88gt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Skiatook, Oklahoma Posts: 193	Re: Autotranny Adjustment When I got my 88, it had just had the tranny rebuilt buy a Ford dealership. It as well shifted way to soft and to fast. I followed the instructions in the Haynes manual, and it helped 100% on the shifting. So I went one step further and readjusted the cable again and shorten the cable buy aprox 1/16 of an inch. Wow what a diffrance again. Man does it shift nice and hard, holds the gears better under normal driving. The only thing ive noticed if I have the car in OD I have to manualy shift it back to 3rd before pulling up to stop. Other than that is great, itll bark the tires hard in 2nd with a 2.73 gear out back. Ive been driving the car almost two years like this and it hasnt had any problems what so ever with the trans. One more thing, in the rain you really gota lift the foot when it goes into 2nd gear (lots a fun). Thats just my experiance with my AOD, not to say thats its right or wrong, but it has worked great for me. Good luck.