A4LD Floor Shifters

[Bill Blue]

Is anybody familiar with the mechanism? Barb would like to have a shifter that does scream "automatic". I found a universal floor shifter kit on Ebay. Costs only 90 bucks, looks like a manual shifter and is listed for a bunch of different trannys, including the C4 and C6. But not the A4LD. Is there any reason a shifter that works on a C4 would not work with the A4LD?

Me, I know zip about auto trannys. Oh that's right. This morning I learned they are heavy and leak oil like a mo fo at the slightest provocation.

Bill

 

[260Alpine]

Bill, remember this older thread. Aerostar, Ranger or Bronco II.

http://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/auto-transmission-floor-shifter.28996/#post-207146

 

[Barry]

Maybe this or something similar:

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mrg-7668​

Lokar has a nice floor shifter (with lockout button) for the AOD, but it is considerably more expensive.

https://www.lokar.com/assets/instructions/INS0095-FordAOD-4R70W-AODE-FMshifter.pdf
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No personal experience with either shifter, but they seem to have the appearance that you want.

 

[Bill Blue]

Bill, remember this older thread. Aerostar, Ranger or Bronco II.

http://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/auto-transmission-floor-shifter.28996/#post-207146

Jim, I have located some Aerostar floor shifters but am interested in something a little different. More like the ones in the links Barry has posted.
Bill

 

[Bill Blue]

DanR and I spent Tuesday going through junkyards looking for shifters, bell housings and radiator fans. Dan discovered that 90's Escort automatic floor shifters have the same shift pattern as the Aerostar A4LD shifter. While it is not the style I was looking for, it is a neat looking unit, much nicer than the clunky Aerostar type. We will definitely give them a hard look. If they pass the Barb test we'll probably use one of them.