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Re: AOD conversion

To: Peter Hermann <hermann@muenster.de>
Subject: Re: AOD conversion
From: Jim & Ginny <jim-ginny@home.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 08:23:53 -0500
What type of car & year did your AOD come out of?

Peter Hermann wrote:
> 
> This weekend I tried to exchange my transmission. I removed the body from
> the chassis to sand the chassis and the metal strengthener under the body
> and paint it with POR. A perfect moment to exchange the transmission. I
> believed the article I found in Tech Central on the bricklin homepage and
> ordered an AOD and a 9"-Ford rear axle to find out the AOD is about 5 cm
> longer than the original transmission. It bolts right in to the engine but
> it doesn´t fit to the bar which carrys the end of the transmission. The next
> problem appears with the rear axle. The differential housing is bigger than
> the one of the original. It doesn´t fit together - the propeller shaft has
> to be exchanged,  too. You need one which is approx. 10 cm shorter.
> 
> Did I something wrong? Is the information in Tech Centr. not correct?
> 
> Peter
> #2041

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