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Drivetrain Tech / AOD issue
Quote from: Sick88Tbird;297737
Yeah sounds just like my old 'Bird...seems to be really common after sitting for awhile.  You don't have to completely drop the valvebody, just tap it loose with the bolts backed off a little.

Sorry about the previous post, seems like I wasn't completing my thoughts...lol, don't know wtf that was about!

Good luck,
Don


the car sat for two years before i bought it, thats probably the issue
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Drivetrain Tech / AOD issue
Quote from: Sick88Tbird;297495
A bad valvebody seperator plate gasket or warped valvebody.  My old car got to the point where it would occasionally drop out of gear and violently slam back in at very inconvenient times.  Just loosening all the valvebody bolts, tapping the valvebody loose, then retorquing the bolts starting from the center and working your way out.  This was also an issue on C4's.

I've seen plenty of units overhauled because of such simple problems.

Good luck,
Don




yes!! it does that too, especially when cold and not moving when say waiting in line at a light it will drop out of gear and act like its in neutral and then slam back into gear, helps if you rev it up a little and then it will jump back into gear
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Drivetrain Tech / AOD issue
i've been having this issue with my car over a year, its mostly annoying as all hell, what it does it taking off from a stop, especially making a righthand turn my trans will shift hard into 2nd, sometimes hard enough to bark the tires not even trying, or it will almost slip a little and then hard into 2nd, the fluid is fresh and full and i changed the filter recently, it has no other issues other than this and i've put nearly 40k on it, could the cable be adjusted wrong?
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User Rides / 81 Thunderbird
Quote from: FLSTCI71;293121
Cool car. From the angle of that picture, it looks like it needs some major tire in the rear. Work on that. lol. Keep us posted on what you decide to do.


yeah it has 195/75/14's on it, quite narrow for my taste, rear tires still have the nipples on them
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User Rides / 81 Thunderbird
Quote from: 4bangen;293054
what frame is that on? its not a fox is it?


it is a fox yes, i bought it from an elderly man here in claremore, an elderly lady he had worked with GAVE him the car back in 1986 with 22,000 miles on it, yes thats right she just gave it to him. he was going to donate it to charity had i not bought it