Ford AOD TV cable adjustment

A compressed video clip taken from the BadShoe series "How To Overhaul the Ford AOD transmission" on making the manual adjustment to the throttle pressure cable. For the adjustment using a pressure gauge along with more than four hours of detailed hands-on instructions on overhauling the AOD, please check it and other copyrighted repair DVD videos and digital downloads sold through Ken Collins of BadShoe Productions www.BadShoeProductions.com

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• aod
• ford
• tv
• transmission
• throttle
• cable
• badshoe

[curtmurtha]

is this adjustment made in park or neutral?

[BadShoeProductions]

@curtmurtha It doesn't matter. The engine is off when the adjustment is made.

[extreme383]

Hi, Im putting a AOD in a 68 mustang.. does the electric plug have to be plugged up? or is that just for the overdrive? If it does have to be hooked up, how can that be done? Please respond soon. Thank you

[BadShoeProductions]

@extreme383 The AOD has no electrical connections to the overdrive or any other internal component. I would say, the plug your talking about is the neutral safety and backup light switch. You will need to wire the safety switch into your cars starter system.

[Restaurant25]

Seeing that this is about a 5 year old video they have updated the nylon bushing part shown on the first linkage that the cable goes through. You can order this part from 50resto.com part #7303A for all my fellow Mustang guys out there! Happy downshifting!

[BadShoeProductions]

@Restaurant25 That 50resto brass and clip part is really on old Ford replacement part used in a short run recall from the late 80's to replace the high failure rate black bushing. It brass version works fine and so does the new nylon bushing that 50resto also sells (same as the Ford E0AZ-7F330-A) used in the video.

[Restaurant25]

@BadShoeProductions Sounds good, I'm actually getting the brass bushing tomorrow.  I hate how it just bogs down in 2nd after it shifts. That cable does more than I thought it ever would. Example at how it makes the transmission shift. I've noticed a difference with it disconnected, but yea thanks for the video. I'm sure it helps out alot of people with this problem.

[BadShoeProductions]

@danpetitpas What are you working on, the TV or shifter cable. The shifter cable is not in the video at all. The video only shows the TV cable which has nothing to do with the shifter.

[danpetitpas]

Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately the mechanic is not sure what the part is. Chilton's shows some nuts and a cotter pin holding the cable to the shifter, which it would appear to me any shop would have, but Ford faxed the shop a diagram showing something completely different, like a barrel the cable would go through. Your video shows a plastic doo-hickey at the shifter end that doesn't look like either. Just trying to figure out what's suppose to be there and what to call it.

[BadShoeProductions]

@danpetitpas I don't think any of the these parts are available from Ford so a junkyard may be your best bet.