Actually the AOD was introduced in 1980 & phased out in 1992. They aren't terribly bad, it's mainly the dual concentric input shafts that make them weak w/anything over 400Hp. Is it really fair to compare *anything* to a C6 ? Internally the AOD is very similar to the old FMX & the Cruise-O-Matic (had one of those in a sweet 75' Tbird but that's off-topic and way too many moons ago, but *damn* that was a nice car. You have to appreciate anything with 5 ashtrays & 7 cigarette lighters, that's like Disney brand cigarettes, they just don't make'em anymore). I like the AOD because it's a purely mechanical OD, doesn't need a processor to run it and you get the OD that the C6 lacks. Granted the AOD-E's are more efficient but I kinda appreciate anything that you can just bolt-in and run. Now having said that I *still* need to set the throttle pressure on this new one before I can take it anywhere
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I still need to take a look at the one that came out of it. You were right about the ones w/the **** in the oil pan being 4x4 transmissions so I have no idea *what* the one that was in there came out of. Near as I can tell the ones like that with "metric" embossed on the pans were early model car AOD's. Maybe someone swapped pans or they installed a 4x4 tailshaft housing onto one & stuffed it in there. Considering this is the same truck that some clown swapped over from electric 4x4 to manual & then installed a new carpet in but *forgot* to reinstall the Xfer case shifter (how do you forget something like that ? It's like getting halfway home before realizing you left your kid at the mall) Who the **** knows ? I still need to fix the bullet holes in the thing.
It's a Reman'd tranny but I only know that because it has a tag on it from the place that rebuild/sold it. I got it out of an 87' here at a local junkyard. I picked it up because I was fairly sure I'd blown 1st gear in the one that I *had* in there, it was revving up to 2K and only moving at about 7mph. However, once I got the old tranny out & discovered I had a 2-piece flywheel I realized that the tranny I'd just removed was probably just fine & the slippage between the inner & outer flywheels was probably the reason it had no power. Sooooo, I now have an AOD on the garage floor that's probably just fine and another one that's been reman'd is in the truck. If figure if I have any problems with what's in there I'll just have the garage tranny rebuilt and go thru this drill a second time. Now that I know unbolting the motor mounts makes life a whole lot easier I probably won't have to throw nearly as many empties at the thing. My neigbors will be disappointed but but I never signed any sort of contract to be their entertainment system, they can buy a dish just like I had to (even though *I* am much more entertaining than that a$$hole Tom Brady. NFL Dynasty my a$$).
