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Transmission Leak

the 87 AOD appears to be leaking around the tv cable. I've looked at it and can't tell if it is comming from the throttle lever or from the big o-ring that seals it where the lever that the tv cable bolts to comes out.

Has anyone ever changed these seals? Are they hard? Any problems you ran into?\

The seals I'm refering to are 072 and one that would go inside 992.




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Reply #1
No one? lol

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Reply #2
ask the people over at clickclickracing.com, they seem to know some things about transmissions over there.
http://clickclickracing.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12
"Beating the hell out of other peoples cars since 1999"
1983 Ford Thunderbird Heritage
1984 Ford Mustang GT Turbo Convertible
2015 Ford Focus SE 1.0 EcoBoost

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Reply #3
I've changed both of these seals and they aren't that difficult to change. They can be done with the trans in the car, but you will have to pull the trans pan.  I had to buy a master gasket/seal kit for the AOD to get these (2) seals though.
1988 Thunderbird
306 HO w/ A9P processor
AOD w/ Transgo Reprogrammer
Full Digital Dash w/ twin Cyberdyne A-pillar gauges 
245/50/16 Tires on Snowflakes
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Reply #4
Quote from: 88BlueBird;273100
I've changed both of these seals and they aren't that difficult to change. They can be done with the trans in the car, but you will have to pull the trans pan.  I had to buy a master gasket/seal kit for the AOD to get these (2) seals though.


Really? The Ford Manual says it can be done in the car... But you did it, so i guess you know better, lol.

Also, I found the two seals. They sold them to me seperately, only $.88 too. I was so happy.

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Reply #5
Transmission pan has to come off not the whole transmission ;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #6
Sorry i wasn't paying attention when I typed it. The manual says it can be done without taking the pan down.  Sorry.

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Reply #7
I don't think you can pull the tv arm out without pulling the pan. Maybe the manual says you got some type of split seal? I got to look at my aod I have ,You might be able to slip it over the shaft.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

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Reply #8
it says you can take it out with a screwdriver or awl.