I have a 1977 Ford Maverick and I am trying to install a transmission from a 1968 mustang. My first problem is I have rebuilt the 68 tranny put it back together and installed it in my car I have everything back together I put the tranny back together and the torque converter was turning. When I put the tranny back in the car and hooked up the driveshaft the back wheel turn with some effort but the driveshaft won't turn. My next problem I can not get the shifter rod and tranny rod on the same page. It will shift through the gears but with a lot of force. I could get the shifter to go through all gears once but after that if I move it into reverse from the tranny the gear selector is still in drive. Any advice would be greatl appreciated.
Sounds like a floor shift linkage on the tranny and you're trying to hook it up to collumn linkage, which will never work. When you think it is in park, it was actually in low, due to the fact that the floor shift linkage is on top, and the column linkage is on the bottom.
What torque convertor are you using? If it came out of the 77 tranny, it will not fit the 68 tranny. They changed from a 24 spline to a 26 spline in 70. Not sure if it would go in anyway, but if it did it is not seated right.
another question The tranny from the 68 mustang the shifter rod is facing up and the 77 maverick is downward. So does that mean it is a floor shifter.
the tranny from the mustang would be correct for a floor shifter, since that's the only way mustangs came. this would cause issues as mentioned...
looks like I am gonna have to take it out and rebuild the original tranny then. Does anyone know if I can use the parts from the 68 tranny in the 77 tranny. The rebuild kit I purchased was for a 68 c4 are they interchangeable
Sealing rings on the stator support are different, the modulator is different and the valvebody is different. The two clutch drums will accept the same clutches and snap rings but the other parts are different. It is unlikely that the servo will be the same. Get a new kit - they are cheep enough that pulling it back out when something didn't work is more costly than the kit.
Well, we finally got my wife's tranny installed. The school was back logged and we almost missed our chance for this year but the instructor got it in. It is a pleasure to drive! I modded it as a stage one street machine (that is what my wife wanted) and it shifts quick and so fast that you hardly notice it shifting under normal driving. The "Select shift feature" was included so it shifts manually as well - any gear at any speed - I demonstrated it to my wife with a low gear shift on the road at 40 mph. It shifts into second before you get across the intersection (as it should) and into third about 25 with light throttle. It holds the gears a bit longer if you lean into the throttle a bit and at full throttle it will spin the tires through first and at the 1-2 shift. Then it chirps a bit on the 2-3 shift and by then you are going over the speed limit - no matter where you are. NOTE: the instructor commented that it was the nicest C4 he ever saw in a stock Ford. And WHY NOT? I built it and get this - it has six cluthces in the forward pack and five clutches in the direct pack (one more than stock in each) so I can expect this tranny to out last the engine which is a stock 302. The car has 900000 miles on it and drives like new. Now I have to rebuild her core for my car.... that will be a stage two street tranny for a bit more "feel" to the shifts.
