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[fordever]

Hey Shran thanks for the good idea. I will look into that this weekend, do you have a suggestion on the size to go up to on the tranny cooler?

 

[4.0B2]

My a4ld has been fine till I lost overdrive. I need a valve body tho.

I'll give you $20 for that shifter with bezel for the t/case and trans! I NEED one of those bad!

 

[wildbill23c]

Hey Shran thanks for the good idea. I will look into that this weekend, do you have a suggestion on the size to go up to on the tranny cooler?

The biggest you can find isn't going to really do much. My grandfather's 93 ranger had an aftermarket tranny cooler on it from the beginning when it was new, added a tow package later on and put in a larger tranny cooler, and still had 2 transmission failures and the most towing it saw was maybe 4k at the most and that was like 80 miles total a couple of times. The last tranny failure was luckily in the driveway at home, lost all forward gears and still had reverse. Sold the POS for $700. Biggest pile of garbage I've ever driven next to the Chevy Cobalt.

 

[4.0B2]

Idk why people have so many issues with the a4ld.. I've had mine for 10 years with minimal issues.

 

[Shran]

I don't have any suggestions on a tranny cooler, just check out Summit or Jegs and buy a bigger one. My buddy got a real nice one for his C6 that is about 9"x9" square, built in fan. Works great. He does not have his trans cooling run through the radiator at all.

I've had a few A4LDs with pretty good results. Lost overdrive occasionally on one of them at 96,000, cannot explain it - it would work sometimes. Never figured it out before I sold the truck.

I used to tow an 18" fiberglass boat with an 80 horse Johnson outboard with my old 2.9/A4LD Ranger, never had an issue. I'd say just be aware that there are known issues but there are PLENTY of other transmissions in other vehicles that have issues too.

 

[wildbill23c]

Idk why people have so many issues with the a4ld.. I've had mine for 10 years with minimal issues.

Not sure either, but after that 93 Ranger I won't go near anything with that POS transmission.

I kind of wonder if it has anything to do with how the vehicle is used an driven? I know that 93 ranger my cousins beat the crap out of it, my uncle used it on a paper route, and if I remember correctly that transmission case was aluminum, aluminum gets hot and warps, and probably would cause quite a few issues when it warps by putting pressure on internal components and wearing them out, plus the heat.

All I know is after just 1 truck and 2 transmission failures I won't touch another A4LD.