Phantom shifter pics

Here's a pic of the shifter on my car. You'll notice there's no 2. "1" is actually 2nd and 1st. It won't shift itself into 1st until speed gets around 10mph, and never shifts into 2nd after about 4000 rpm.
Anyone ever ran into a dealer changing this stuff before sale? The factory research paper does show an A4LD.

Matt,that sounds like AOD operation,do you have a 2.3? Sorry to sound stupid but AOD's won't bolt up to a 2.3.

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87base turbo coupe 120,000 miles, mods auburn diferential with 3.73 gears,140 mph speedo,adjustable camgear set at 4degrees advance, and of course the A&A wing.88turbocoupe 166,ooo miles factory moonroof,autolamps,powerseats,premium sound with equalizer,no mods,got car for free and is not worth it, it's an automatic.daily driver
been to carlisle 2002,it was great!!!

Every once in a while somebody posts something that's really off the wall; I think we've only had one other post like this. Get under the car and check the tranny itself to find out what you've really got.

Yup, thats the shifter for an AOD.

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Jeff Korn

88 Turbo Coupe: Intake and exhaust mods, T3 turbo at 20 psi, forced air intercooler, water injection, bypass valve, Ranger roller cam, subframes, etc., etc.. // 86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner): intake, exhaust, valvetrain mods, 100 HP nitrous, ignition, gears, suspension, etc., etc.... // 91 Escort: Bone stock winter car // 00 Windstar (wifes vehicle)

Check out the 1988 Tbird catalog. Inside the cover it has a TC with the same shifter in it.

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Well, I'm pretty sure it's an A4LD. It does have 4 gears, the pan is stepped with the bottom step being a circle (if that makes sense) and I got Ford to do a research paper on it; the paper said it left the factory with an A4LD. Also I just did a filter and fluid job and the filter/gasket that I ordered for a 1988 TC matched exaclty what came off of it.
Thanks for the help. Does any old shifter fit on any old transmission? Maybe they put this in to limit the 1st to 2nd tranny blow up?
Where can I find a copy of the TC catalog?


[This message has been edited by Matt S (edited 06-21-2002).]

I just checked a picture in the Hot Rod August 88 road test on the TC, and it shows a different shifter. The one shown has P/R/O/D/2/1 yours seems to be missing a gear.

[This message has been edited by KMcGrathNJ (edited 06-21-2002).]

First to second blow up? Please elaborate...

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Current:87 LX with broken motor mount, dead digital dashboard, leaky fuel injectors, broken flywheel, blown heater core, missing tail light, 3 different brands of tires and 2 Sony Xplode Twelves with a 600 watt amp.
Near Future: 87 Turbocoupe
Distant Future: 3" down pipe, water injection, T3 turbo upgrade to 20 psi

That is the shift plet for an AOD, looks just like the one in my 88 Sport Coupe.

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Originally posted by Turbojet:
Check out the 1988 Tbird catalog. Inside the cover it has a TC with the same shifter in it.

Dial-up beware.

<a href="http://natoubb.turboford.org/uploads/JT/88tcinterior.jpg">Click Here to view the picture of the TC shifter in the '88 catalog since the Attachment feature doesn't appear to be working correctly.</a>

JT