Transmission Damper

[welder4956]

Anyone have one of these vibration dampers off of a V8 car that they want to part with? This is bolted to the tailhousing on a C4 automatic trans. If so, how much do you want for it?

 

[LILCBRA]

I've not seen one of those since the 80s! I'll guess that your best bet would probably be Phil Schmidt. I don't have any of his contact info anymore, but maybe someone here does and can share.

 

[welder4956]

I managed to pick up an NOS damper for $60 plus shipping. Ford part# C9AZ-4A263-A. I had removed the original many years ago and before the last tear down I was noticing a resonant vibration around 50-60 mph. Hopefully this helps, certainly can't hurt and no doubt that Ford put them on for a good reason. Not hard to make one from stacked 1/4" x 1" flat bars, but you need the dimensions and weight to get it right. If anyone needs dimensions, let me know.

 

[LILCBRA]

It wouldn't hurt to take the weights and measurements from it and share in case anyone else looks for one.

 

[welder4956]

Shipping weight was 9 lb. I'll add the actual weight later, but here are the dimensions. The individual stacked bars are 1/4" thick x 1" wide.