AOD identification help

I found a guy selling an aod on craigslist but it being 3 hours away, I wanna make sure it's the real deal first.
These are the pictures he sent me.
Any help or questions I can ask will be much appreciated.

 

Looks like a column shift AOD... On pan bottom, should say Automatic Overdrive.

 

are you going to have it rebuilt?

 

I am awaiting pictures of the pan and a length from bell housing to tail shaft.
Yes I will have it gone through for sure. I have the flywheel from both motors I have in my garage, that's all I should need as long as the flywheel matches the motor.

 

I'm guessing that the lever for the tv cable will come with the kit as I do not see one in the pictures

 

So it seems that having this one rebuilt...I could almost get a "new" one...who is a reputable retailer that I can look at? I see monster all the time but are they any good?

 

Have you considered a 4R70W swap? Need a control box or other solution like manual valve body. Stronger than most AODs save for true competition built, and more readily available parts. V6 mustang tranny fits behind a SBF same as the AOD.

I had a B&M street/strip AOD that didn't hold up long behind my pump gas 351 maybe 325 HP? I'm running a C4 reverse valve body manual shift setup currently, but really want to get OD back and 4R70W is what I'll likely be doing. I'm running a 4.11 gear but would like to run 3.91-3.73 gears and the wide ratio 4R70W has a deeper first gear.

 

Stay away from Monster Trans. Seen dozens of posts over the years on other boards about poor quality builds and nightmare customer service.

 

If he wants to drive it instead of racing it, the AOD will be great.

 

I have done business with a place called Broader Performance in Weatherford TX and have been very satisfied. They do nothing but transmissions, mainly Ford.
https://broaderperformance.com/

 

From my experiance it is very difficult to get the throttle control rod or cable set properly without the original carb/throttle body setup it came with. It can be done but it is usually not easy. This trans is not forgiving of driving it with the TV rod/cable misadjusted. Many times I have seen the ford variable venturi carb replaced with a carb that has kickdown linkage for a C6 trans, and it NEVER can be set right. Too bad Ford made such a pos carb.

 

Adj AOD TV cable for max travel at WOT, will give firmest shift.

Short is always better than too long, excessive length causes slippage.

If shifts are hard/late, lengthen cable in approx 1/8" increments.

 

Yeah, good luck with that. The ones with the rod are what I'm talking about.