DanR
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The Ranger Station is probably the best place to get good info on the"lock in or out" for the A4LD....Lots of Great info!
https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/index.php?forums/
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Charles John's Alpine Build
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The Ranger Station is probably the best place to get good info on the"lock in or out" for the A4LD....Lots of Great info!
https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/index.php?forums/
Charles Johns
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Dan, I visit the Ranger Station site often as I have a 2011 Ford Ranger for my work truck, and the 85 2.3 in the Sunbeam. I have a button system figured out to lock the converter in OD, so I am just looking for "better" ideas than mine...which I can usually find with ease.
Charles Johns
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Bill, I think I have solved the space problem by notching the front crossmember. Due to weight I want to keep it as low as possible and as far back as possible. Moving back is not easy with OEM steering, so may need Dan's cross-link. I'll know in a day or two.
Notching the crossmember to install a Lima engine is somewhat a shock to my tender system. Notching the crossmember is one reason I have not encouraged anyone to install a Duratec.
Of course there are a half dozen other reasons.
Bill
Charles Johns
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Bill, I will attach some pictures of my modification later. It is not as big a cut as others have done because I build DRIVERS. It will be braced with metal at least as thick as the OEM and not all the way down to the bottom metal on the crossmember. Well on my way in the modification department and getting excited about the build. These little cars grow on me the more I work on it...but I have owned it over 30 years.
Bill Eisinger
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I'm putting an A4LD into my Series I 2.8 V6 conversion project. I found this article on The Ranger Station website on using a pressure switch for the lock up converter...I'm going to try this approach...sounds like it might take a bit of experimentation to arrive at the pressure value that works best for the specific case but the idea seems sound. Worse case, its easy enough to fall back on the manual switch approach.
https://www.therangerstation.com/ho...pressure-switch-for-lock-up-torque-convertor/
Charles Johns
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Thanks for the A4LD info Bill. I may end up using that rather than a push-button.
Charles Johns
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Anyone have suggestions for a shifter? With a C4 in my Street Rods I used the Mustang OEM style shifter but not sure that is best for the A4LD. I have used shifters mounted to the tranny and also mounted to the floor. With a straight "front - rear" pattern, I can make a shifter but usually adapting an off-the-shelf unit seems to look more factory. With P-R-N-D-L-O...I think, a knob can have the positions marked on it. I have not looked at the shift-arm lately so I am not sure about gear positions. Anyway, just looking now, before getting there.
Charles Johns
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65beam
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Bill,
FYI, Sunbeam did use a booster with a dual master when they built sedans and fastbacks starting in 1968. The booster was connected to the front brakes only. No boost to the rear brakes. They switched from Girling to Lockheed units at that time. There is a block on the fire wall that many think was a proportioning valve but it actually senses a loss of brake pressure to trigger the brake light warning light on the dash. This valve has to be centered before bleeding brakes. It's the brass piece barely visible between the carb and head. Four lines attach to it.
Larger cylinders can get you pretty deep into alligators. Been there, done that. Short story, your likely to end up exactly where you started, only with larger cylinders. I'd much rather use larger rotors.
Bill
65beam
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Keep in mind that the wheel cylinders are Lockheed and not Girling. They're a different bore and look nothing like the Girling.
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65beam
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Thanks Dan. It's been a few years for this car so my winter project is get the engine compartment disassembled and detailed before my next project comes out of the body shop .I'm seriously thinking about AC on the GT. We dropped the project off last Saturday so who knows when I'll get it back. The 302 in it will have a Fitech injection system installed when it hits the road.
Bill Eisinger
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I picked up this shifter somewhere (can't remember where now)...I think its from an Aerostar van...but, since the A4LD switches in the OD electrically, I don't know what the 4th position does for you. I'm leaning towards using a Mustang C4 shifter as that is also what I'm most familiar with. I think the simplest way to do things will be to use a cable shift rather than the mechanical lever shift like the Mustang would have. I'm a long ways from getting to that point with my project but I think a cable shift setup can be fairly easily fabricated.
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Bill Eisinger
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I completely understand how it works...the question at hand is whether a 4 position shifter can somehow be used to accomplish that...the answer is most likely "yes" with some kind of switch rigged up to the shifter that engages when it is in the "O" position...the pressure switch approach is by far the easiest way to go for automatic engagement...some may also wish to wire a switch in parallel to allow for manual operation...the ideal solution would be to find a 3 position shifter with a separate OD button as you have on your F150...