Auto tranny help ASAP!!!

[flat-black-ford]

Hey guys, I just put my bronco on the road and two hours after the tranny went in it. My bronco ii is a 1990 xl with an auto tranny. I believe it's an A4LD. I have an 87 ranger with a A4Ld almost new tranny. Will this bolt up and work on my 90 bronco or has something changed between these years that it won't work. PLease help, i need to get this thing up and running asap as it's my only vehicle at the moment.

 

[Bronco_Chuck]

It should work just fine as long as the ranger has the 2.9L.

 

[flat-black-ford]

yes it does have the 2.9. Thankx alot i'll start tearing into it tonight.

 

[flat-black-ford]

My bronco ii has a column shifter in it and the 87 ranger has a floor shifter in it. Will this cause problems. Also got my tranny out, just gott get back in the bush and try to get the other one out

 

[country0001]

Set em side by side and change the necessary hardware

 

[vjent]

a4ld

any a4ld will bolt up to a 2.9l a 4.0l tranny is stronger but you can use one from a 2.8,3.0l as well. You can not bolt anything to a 4.0l engine but a 4.0l tranny, the motor has to much power for it. The 4.0l tranny has a stronger build inside and with proper maintanace will last at least 500,000 kms like mine.

I was a mechanic for 30 years and own dozens of small ford trucks .I just bought a 1990 bronco ii eddie bauer edition and in the mist of slowly restoring it.

 

[Psychopete]

Found this Googling, looks like there's a little info out there on that subject

the earlier rangers with a floor shifter used a different shift "arm" on the side of the trans and it's impractical tro convert.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20915

Don't know for sure when they switched to a computer controlled lock up, but the 90 may have an additional wire on the neutral safety switch on the side of the trans.

 

[xr75er]

My bronco ii has a column shifter in it and the 87 ranger has a floor shifter in it.

Back in the mid 70's I messed up the c4 in my 67 mustang. It was a floor shift and a buddy gave me a c4 from a Falcon. once I got it in I found that I had to make anew shift rod. floor trans to tree trans. Then all the the shift indacitors were backwards. Park=1st,rev=2and so on. Nobody could steal it cause they couldn't figrue out the shift pattern.Lol