Thread: Crown Vic - Overdrive

I got it back and it makes a whirring noise. whirrrr whiiirrrrr whhiiiir I'm due a new one anyway.

Every parts place I called when my second Vic threw its tranny. I couldn't find a used one anywhere. I was told that so many go bad, that finding a good used one is a stroke of luck 'cause they all get snapped up. Hey, I'm not claiming to be an expert here.

happened to me too on my old '95 several years ago. it had nearly 150k on the clock when it happened. our shop told me that soemthing goes wrong with the o/d switch and fools the tranny into knowing what gear its in. not sure how valid that is, but it didnt take long to fix it and i dont think they took the trans out. never mind i had one of the headlights being held in place with duct tape. sometimes govt repair shops like shortcuts! on...

Quote: Originally Posted by cagiva549 I cant say about an AOD but I have seen the inside of an E4OD and its the biggest POS I ever worked on , My C4 had about 4 times the clutch material per clutch pack than the E40D does and its supposed to be heavy duty . My C4 was behind a six pack in a mustang , cant get much lighter duty than that . Lock up converters are also extreamly light duty and usally self destruct everything when they go . SEYA...

Who cares? I call a tow, get a lift back to the station and grab the keys to another one....

I cant say about an AOD but I have seen the inside of an E4OD and its the biggest POS I ever worked on , My C4 had about 4 times the clutch material per clutch pack than the E40D does and its supposed to be heavy duty . My C4 was behind a six pack in a mustang , cant get much lighter duty than that . Lock up converters are also extreamly light duty and usally self destruct everything when they go . SEYA

I have got a 2002 Ford Ranger 4WD with a 4 speed automatic and 3.0L V-6 with 238,XXX miles on it. What kind of transmission is in mine? I too drive a Crown Vic for a living and in the past ten years I've only been stranded by overheating. Of course my Supervisor states that the probability of me being stranded at all is remote since I rarely ever put the car into drive.

Quote: Originally Posted by SloNEZ I was lucky enough to find a good used tranny ... there aren't too many of those around for the Vics, AFAIK. Who told you that? The AOD/4R70W is one of the most common and widely-used transmissions in the world. It was used on nearly every automatic RWD Ford product made for almost 30 years, including the Mustang and perennial best-seller F-series. I don't know how many were made, it's...

Be glad only O-drive went out. My tranny went all neutral. Pulled into the lot just fine, got back in and NOTHING--park or neutral. I will say that Ford did put a good warranty on their replacement trannies.

Some of the problems with finding tranny's are which year car they are for. I had a 95 Vic and the tranny was a 95 only part. So if you are out of luck, thats the way it is.