Broncobill78
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Alright, now I'm getting somewhere.
Just got home from the boneyard with my new-used AOD. Surprise, surprise, surpise, when I started scraping off all the dirt it had a painted case under all that, what looks to be a cherry torque converter and best of all....... a BIG ole' tag on the side from someplace in Oklahoma called Fred-Jones Enterprises. When I Google Fred-Jones in Ok I get a website from an authorized Ford powertrain Remanufacturer. WooHoo, can you say JACKPOT ? I sure can.
http://www.fred-jones.com/catalog/connector/
And on top of all THAT the nice old guy at the yard threw in the flywheel I needed for no extra $$$. What a nice guy. I'm gonna bail him out next time he gets drunk.
I'd love to stay & chat but I gotta go rassle that rascal onto the tranny jack so the wife can back the van out when she goes out later on.
At first I had figured this thing must have come down to Fla from Ok but looking the the website a little more I see that they only work with dealerships, not individuals. They also list an Orlando regional office so I'm guessing these guys supply the Dealers with their rebuilt drivetrain componants. So now I'm thinking it WAS in fact a local truck that had a reManned tranny installed at a local dealership. Not too shabby, I'll take it.
Does anyone know Jack about the Remans ? This particular AOD came out of an 87' which I suppose isn't too surprising since I know all the major upgrades were implimented in 88' when the beefed-up valve bodies & accumulators were introduced. I would *assume* that this was reman'd and installed sometime downstream of 87' and would logically include the aforementioned upgrades but hey, what do I know. I plan to contact these guys in Ok with the unit # on the stamp & see if they can shed any light on it for me but if anyone else knows anything I wouldn't mind hearing about it.
Just got home from the boneyard with my new-used AOD. Surprise, surprise, surpise, when I started scraping off all the dirt it had a painted case under all that, what looks to be a cherry torque converter and best of all....... a BIG ole' tag on the side from someplace in Oklahoma called Fred-Jones Enterprises. When I Google Fred-Jones in Ok I get a website from an authorized Ford powertrain Remanufacturer. WooHoo, can you say JACKPOT ? I sure can.
http://www.fred-jones.com/catalog/connector/
And on top of all THAT the nice old guy at the yard threw in the flywheel I needed for no extra $$$. What a nice guy. I'm gonna bail him out next time he gets drunk.
I'd love to stay & chat but I gotta go rassle that rascal onto the tranny jack so the wife can back the van out when she goes out later on.
At first I had figured this thing must have come down to Fla from Ok but looking the the website a little more I see that they only work with dealerships, not individuals. They also list an Orlando regional office so I'm guessing these guys supply the Dealers with their rebuilt drivetrain componants. So now I'm thinking it WAS in fact a local truck that had a reManned tranny installed at a local dealership. Not too shabby, I'll take it.
Does anyone know Jack about the Remans ? This particular AOD came out of an 87' which I suppose isn't too surprising since I know all the major upgrades were implimented in 88' when the beefed-up valve bodies & accumulators were introduced. I would *assume* that this was reman'd and installed sometime downstream of 87' and would logically include the aforementioned upgrades but hey, what do I know. I plan to contact these guys in Ok with the unit # on the stamp & see if they can shed any light on it for me but if anyone else knows anything I wouldn't mind hearing about it.
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