I need a new tranny

I scavenged parts from my junkyard and eBay and did the swap for about $300, fyi.

Ash

if you must stay auto, and want a tougher auto then you can swap in a C4 providing you can find a belhousing for it. However the C4 has NO overdrive, and is a pretty inefficient transmission. It IS however pretty bulletproof. But honestly i would swap in a T5, thats what i did. Cost me about 350 BTW

Dr.

Tru_Blue_104 said:

Did it cost you 350 with tranny?

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yeah, i just got all the parts out of a Donor car and swapped them over. Whole project cost was around 350, but i think i got it cheaper than most.

Dr.

Theres also my A4LD I have for sale, Its rebuilt, has around 25K miles on it, Shift kit equiped, shifted awesome before I pulled it, Came out of a '87 TurboCoupe.

Where are you located MSM0075?? how much? I asked around some second places and the big question they all had is whether mine was a 2 or 3 wire tranny. I checked and I have both 2 and 3 wire.

Lex said:

Where are you located MSM0075?? how much? I asked around some second places and the big question they all had is whether mine was a 2 or 3 wire tranny. I checked and I have both 2 and 3 wire.

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Central Jersey, Just make me an offer for the trans, I've had it in my garage for a few months after I parted the car out, I havn't made any effort to sell it.

I guess I should of looked at the left side and I would of seen where your from . Being from Halifax NS Canada I guess it would cost more for transportion of the tranny then what its worth. To be honest I have no idea on what they are worth. I know I could get one for 250.00 CAD but with 250,000 KM on it. So

It is cheaper to pick up a good T5 than a good Auto....bottom line.

Check around on traders and in junk yards for a car to donate the parts. You can usually find decent donor cars (read: buy a grinder! ) for a few hundred dollars. Ford put 2.3L engines in almost everything in the 80s and some 90s cars. Find a 2.3L powered car and check to see if it's the tranny you want. Most later 2.3L (EFI) engines had the T5 for a std trans. Look for 87-93 LXs for a perfect slam dunk...but even most cars interchange with modest mechanical knowledge. Even the early SROD 5-speeds are decent behind a stock 4-pot motor. If you stay auto...basically every tranny Ford made with O/D is crap in stock form.

Reinstalling an A4LD is like banging your head against a wall...It feels good when you stop!