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  1. baldy1

    Need continued advice...ran compression test

    If your losing oil and you have little leaks you could have bad rings. Or you have a bad valve. If the head gasket is blown on the intake side and not at a water jacket you have oil and water mixed. Does your car run hot. Are you losing water. If not than its rings and or valves
  2. baldy1

    anyone explain this weird noise?

    It is an exhuast leak. Check your O2 sensors. Maybe one is cracked. One way to find out where its coming from is when its cold start the car up and put your hand around every part of your exhuast you will feel the air blowing out. Put it around header at the collector and check the O2 sensor...
  3. baldy1

    adjusting clutch cable. please help!!

    Is the cable you bought adjustable at the trans. If its not then pull up on the pedal . The self adjuster will make a clicking noise. Keep pulling up until it stops clicking.
  4. baldy1

    double tranny swap 5sp to auto and back

    The computer does not control your tranny at all. The tranny sends no info to the computer at all. The chip if for you engine only. The TV cable controls the trans which is connected to the throttle bode be your accel cable which is all controlled by you foot. If you have an AODE trans than yes...
  5. baldy1

    double tranny swap 5sp to auto and back

    A T-5 is a peice of crap. I will take a built AOD over a T-5 anyday
  6. baldy1

    double tranny swap 5sp to auto and back

    What I mean by hydraulic is that the AOD is not computer controlled. It has a governor and a TV cable. Nothing computerized. Its all done by how hard your foot is on the floor. So you mean to tell me that the computer is different from a stang with a T-5 and a stang with an AOD. I dont see how.
  7. baldy1

    double tranny swap 5sp to auto and back

    Just curious why do you have to do a puter swap if they are both mass air..An AOD is all hydraulic
  8. baldy1

    AOD trouble

    does it still do it hot. Check the fluid level. Also see what the fluid smells like
  9. baldy1

    AOD install ?'s

    start a new thread for the trans rebuild question
  10. baldy1

    Need a bolt size!

    The one that bolt to the intake or goes to the bell housing bolt. Need to know what year and if manual or auto trans
  11. baldy1

    double tranny swap 5sp to auto and back

    Pedals will bolt right up. The only wiring you will have to do is for the nuetral safety switch and the reverve lights. You would have to do that for both.
  12. baldy1

    could a bad coolant temp sensor cause

    The temp sensor would not cause your problem Your intake air control valve can cause your problem. Clean it first and clear the codes and see what happens
  13. baldy1

    AOD install ?'s

    I am the tranny man.No you cant just turn it 180, You have to take your orignal arm off your trans and take the one off ofthe junker. Then put your original one on the junker. Do you want me to walk you through it. Have you seen if the transmissions are the same length yet. Do that first. That...
  14. baldy1

    bad starting

    Does it have MAF. If it does unplug it then start it up when cold and see if its better. Its a little trick that will work on fords
  15. baldy1

    Bad Mod

    Are you sure your not hitting the rev limiter Since it only does it at WOT
  16. baldy1

    AOD install ?'s

    you can change it faster then fabing something up. I can swap them out in 20 min tops. Its that easy
  17. baldy1

    could a bad coolant temp sensor cause

    What year is the car
  18. baldy1

    AOD install ?'s

    You can swap the shift arm out. Put the trannys side by side and make sure they are the same length first. I can walk you through the whole process of how to change the shift arm out
  19. baldy1

    AOD install ?'s

    You are right darkwriter. The AOD that you have is out of a crown vic or Town car or a grand marquis. The output shaft of the trans and or the rear extensionhousing might be longer than yours. You have to look at how much the output shaft sticks past the extension housing.Compare it to yours. As...
  20. baldy1

    T5Z wiring question for AOD swap

    The one up top is the shift dummy light switch dont worry about that one and yes the one on the side is the reverse light switch.