#Mustang aod transmission for sale full size

The AOD was redesigned with electronic controls in 1992, becoming the AOD-E. Initially called XT-LOD (Extension Lock-Up Overdrive) its name was changed when revisited in 1974 to FIOD (Ford Integrated Overdrive) and then to its final name in 1979, the Ford AOD transmission.

#Mustang aod transmission for sale full size

The transmission was introduced when Ford started to downsize its full size line in 1979. The project was shelved with a design that lacked a dampener in the torque converter but after the project was revisited a dampener ultimately made its way into the final design. The XT-LOD was initially abandoned in 1966 but design began again in 1974 as a result of rising gas prices. The transmission featured a split-torque application for third gear as well as a lockup in the torque converter. Because it was based on the 'X' transmissions, its gear ratios from 1-3 were the same with the fourth being 0.67:1. Where many transmissions had a fourth gear added on as an afterthought, Ford's new transmission was designed with a fourth gear integrated into the gearset.

The new transmission was built around the Ravigneaux planetary gearset of the 'X' transmissions. In 1962 Ford began working on a new type of automatic transmission that would emphasize fuel economy and driveability.