Help Me Help Me!!

TwiLighTBluEGT · 10-03-2002, 02:21 PM

My junk AOD broke at 49K original miles!!! I rompted on it pretty hard from time to time and one day the linkedge broke in my throttle body causing my AOD to start off in 3rd. I was told by my mechanic that this wore down the clutches horribly and put a lot of stress on the tranny itself. Anyways, when I got a new pin for the linkedge and put it into the throttle body, my tranny seemed to be fine, although it shifted funny sometimes and made some noises. Then one day right out of blue the car wouldn't shift right at all, and had trouble down shifting. The whole thing was messed up. I drove it like that for over 3 months until it finally just died, then when I had some $cash$ saved up, I had it completely stripped down to the bone and totally rebuilt. I also had the shop add a shift kit and tranny cooler while they were doing the work. The rebuild cost me about $1300, but it was soooooooooo worth it at the time. I had a very reputable shop do the work and man did they do a good job! The tranny is stronger than it ever was before!

Something I would recommend though is if your AOD does need to be rebuilt, I wouldn't go for it. Even though I did, I wish I hadn't. Instead, I would purchase a Lentech AOD. Lentech makes the best AOD ever. They are said to handle over 500hp and have electronic overdrive lock-out. They also come with a nice powerfull converter, and an excelent valve body.

Either way, the decision is yours..... Good luck :-)

10-03-2002, 02:21 PM	#9
TwiLighTBluEGT Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 157	My junk AOD broke at 49K original miles!!! I rompted on it pretty hard from time to time and one day the linkedge broke in my throttle body causing my AOD to start off in 3rd. I was told by my mechanic that this wore down the clutches horribly and put a lot of stress on the tranny itself. Anyways, when I got a new pin for the linkedge and put it into the throttle body, my tranny seemed to be fine, although it shifted funny sometimes and made some noises. Then one day right out of blue the car wouldn't shift right at all, and had trouble down shifting. The whole thing was messed up. I drove it like that for over 3 months until it finally just died, then when I had some $cash$ saved up, I had it completely stripped down to the bone and totally rebuilt. I also had the shop add a shift kit and tranny cooler while they were doing the work. The rebuild cost me about $1300, but it was soooooooooo worth it at the time. I had a very reputable shop do the work and man did they do a good job! The tranny is stronger than it ever was before! Something I would recommend though is if your AOD does need to be rebuilt, I wouldn't go for it. Even though I did, I wish I hadn't. Instead, I would purchase a Lentech AOD. Lentech makes the best AOD ever. They are said to handle over 500hp and have electronic overdrive lock-out. They also come with a nice powerfull converter, and an excelent valve body. Either way, the decision is yours..... Good luck :-)