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AOD Conversion

From 1979 Ford Bronco “Tex”, documented by r79bronco.

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1979 Ford Bronco - Never done an automatic trans before but I have to start somewhere. Its going to be an AOD with the 4r70w wide ration internals, Silver Fox… 1979 Ford Bronco - So I'm going to swap Tex over to an AOD overdrive transmission but an AOD never fit behind a 400 Ford so the first thing you do after gutti… 1979 Ford Bronco - Off with old heres the new 1979 Ford Bronco - milling it square and to length. 1979 Ford Bronco - Hughes recommended 10.5" 2000 stall for our application. Mocking up assembly with new tci 164 tooth flex plate to check clearances. 1979 Ford Bronco - Bellhousing is close to fitting but hits the converter. Checking without block plate but if i make it fit without, it just adds a little mo… 1979 Ford Bronco - Needs a little clearance. 1979 Ford Bronco - T.he setup. 18" turntable on the mill with a 1 1/2" ball mill 1979 Ford Bronco - Setting cutter for minimum 1/8" material thickness. Had to do this a few times for the different height cuts. the bolt is set up to touch t… 1979 Ford Bronco - A close-up shows a milling cutter bit and a metal rod being measured with calipers. 1979 Ford Bronco - A close-up view of a bolt and nut assembly against a metallic background, with partial red text visible. 1979 Ford Bronco - Milling away for clearance. 1979 Ford Bronco - It now clears a 10 1/2" converter. 1979 Ford Bronco - checking clearances with plumbers putty after sliding bellhousing on to smash putty. Plenty of clearance now! 1979 Ford Bronco - who would have thought you would have to remachine a $500 bellhousing? JW ultra bell requires a 164 tooth flexplate but is not machined big… 1979 Ford Bronco - no clearance 1979 Ford Bronco - Another shot of clearance issues. 1979 Ford Bronco - Remachined for .125" clearance. JW Performance had machined the clearance for the flexplate on a different center than the rest of the bell… 1979 Ford Bronco - Even with only .125" clearance it broke thru the casting, nothing major but that im sure voids the SFI certification. Luckily i am not conc… 1979 Ford Bronco - you can see where my machining (smooth) and their machining meet and the hole where it broke through. 1979 Ford Bronco - clearance!