[Flex]

Here's what happened dudes. I was working on my 90 T-Bird yesterday. No drivetrain work just repairing some damage from an accident.

I backed the car out of the garage fine but when I wanted to put it back in, I had no reverse gear. My bro brake loaded it for about 5 seconds in drive and all was fine but no reverse gear and neutral is now a drive gear.

I thought the reverse band may have gone but the oil is clean and no problems before this. The neutral drive thing is freaky.

I tried playing with the linkage and adjusting it as it is supposed to be adjusted with no luck.

Any ideas? One of the possibilities suggested in the manual is ECM?????

[OzPony]

Originally posted by Flex
no reverse gear and neutral is now a drive gear.

Sounds like a linkage problem to me ! Keep playing with it.

Check out this T-Bird site with Transmission tips..... They are great !

[Flex]

Thanks Anthony (do you prefer Tony?). I am an established member of TCCOA and have posted my problem.

I also have talked to my Ford dealer and one of my buddies runs a transmission rebuilder outlet and the news is bad. They all feel my reverse and a forward clutch pack have fused together causing the problem. Means a rebuild is in order. As I was flipping through those articles you posted, I realized that their are many weaknesses in the early AOD that would need to be addressed during the build.

I already have ported Intakes, 1.8 rr's, coated headers, exhaust, phenolics, underdrives, K&N, modified TB, deep B&M pan and cooler to go in it or already on it and it will also get ported heads with larger valves and a cam along with 3.73's or 4.10's so I will need to beef up the tranny.

I plan on doing the wide ratio 4R70W gear swap and the newer smaller 11 inch converter for added rpm capability.