AXOD Tech Tips; Check torrington inside of input sprocket and front planet with finger closely and check for smoothness. Make sure accumulators seals fit tight. Pop out sprocket support with prybar. It is not necessary to remove all the linkage and roll pins. Always use the latest sealing rings( Orange with Red Specks). Update all early 91 AXODE's (2 notch) to late 91 (1 notch) with the kit from Ford. Make drum assembly installer out of a clothes hanger and hook into holes in sun shell, and lower assembly into case. E4OD input/overdrive sprag will swap with AXOD input sprag for a more heavy duty application. New planets are available (downgraded) with a plastic housed torrington instead of bushing. Front planet/shell part # F4DZ-7A398-A Also rear planet part # is E6DZ-7D006-A There are many aftermarket valve body kits available for these units. There is also a lube dam available to help lube the planets. Don't overtighten the reverse drum support pin. Upgraded lube tubes are available for 'E' models only. It may be necessary to use a lip seal protector tool for installing the reverse piston in the drum. Leaving out the intermediate wave plate may improve the 1-2 shift. A new improved 1-2 capacity spring is available for a better 1-2 shift. Check upper planet pinions closely. They may look good, but wobble around and be bad. Especially if pinion pins are burned. Check lower planet splines closely. Replace overdrive servo piston if rubber feels hard. Always replace the early EPC with the later one. F6DZ-7G383-BA Check pump drive closely for bearing wear. Bench test shift solenoids before reusing. Always replace aluminum forward piston with new steel piston available."F4DZ-7A262-A" * See "TRNW Pic Tip" below New steel direct piston is also available. Don't forget to install 'O' ring on turbine shaft for lock-up. Careful not to mix early on/off lockup converter with newer pulse converters and vice versa. Don't forget to install 3 accumulator pins thru channel plate. Don't lost thermo element feed orifice from channel plate in machine. Tighten vb to 100 inch lbs. Use vb line up tools before tightening up vb stack. Always check manual valve operation closely. Replace broken accumulator springs. Its very important to cross-drill valve body for all-time lube. * See "TRNW Pic Tip" below Snip 1 and 1/2 coils off of drainback spring in vb to help improve lube. Drill lube modification holes in vb plates. Don't forget rear lube plug seal in case. Make sure it is all the way installed against the support. 3 clutch forward packs can be converted to 4 by installing pressure plate from either direct or intermediate pack. Replace boost sleeve in vb. They are always worn out. Put A4LD pressure plate on top of clutch pack return springs to help avoid distortion when compressing them. Be careful when installing check balls in pump bodys. Also '"E" Model check ball locations change every year. * See "TRNW Pic Tip below Be careful with vb gaskets on all earlier units, they change every year. Careful not to mix up lip seals. Use early intermediate steels (.090) to adjust clutch packs. Air check drums thru sprocket support on bench. Poor direct clutch air check is normal. E4OD input sprag inner race makes good AXOD front seal installer for builders on a budget. Also E4OD center hub makes good AXOD axle seal installer. Make sure reverse and lube tubes are installed securely. Make sure case and channel plates are clean and dry. Use spray tack on case gasket. Make sure sprocket support is lower than the edge of the case before installing chain cover. Tighten 3 sprocket support bolts last.(2 long 10's and 1 13mm) Draw them in slowly. Crochet hook works great to remove vb clips. Make sure relief check valves (pucks)in vb, don't bind up in bore and get stuck. Make sure turbine shaft turns after tightening chain cover. Install pump rotor with groove up. If forward piston has an 'X' figure on the under side there is no need to replace. If no 'X' figure then replace with "F4DZ-7A262-A" * See "TRNW Pic Tip" below AXOD Pressure Regulator spring retainer plate faces the opposite direction of all other Ford trans. (C-4, C-6 etc....) AXOD boost valve hollowed end faces out AXODE Valve Body Plate Identification; I just had a problem identifying which year AXODE vb I was working on. I know how to tell an early 91 from a late 91. Thats easy. I can tell by looking at the notches in the plates. Early 91's have 2 notches, and late 91's have 1 notch. I can also tell by looking at the holes in the plate over the bathtub. Any way there is another ball that was also changed in '92'. I could not tell if the unit I had was a late 91 or a 92. There is a ball change for both of these.. Well I finally decided I had a '92. There were no notches at all on either plate, and I had the .215 lock-up orifice hole and the round solenoid. I could not find any plate id info by way of notches after 91. But I did find out that the 92's have a much larger lockup solenoid orifice in the plate than 91's. They changed to the modulated lock-up solenoid. The orifice for the early lock-up solenoid is .030. The orifice for the modulated lock-up solenoid is .215. So, I put the ball in the 92 location in the pump body. ( Maybe I should have looked before I dumped them out.) Also the casting on the channel plate and case was F1, so don't ever go by that! And 1 more thing....They eliminated a ball in 93. Argggghhhhh!! What next? ====== Early 91....2 notches Late 91.....1 notch 92.............no notches 93............??? 94.......?? and so on...........................................trnsman AX4S pump separator plate application chart Vehicle Part number 1994-95 3.0 and 3.8L Taurus & sable F5DZ-7R167-A 1994 3.8L Continental F5DZ-7R167-A 1994-95 3.2L Taurus SHO F5DZ-7R167-A 1995 3.8L Windstar F5DZ-7R167-A 1995 3.0L Windstar F58Z-7R167-A AX4S valve body seperator plate application chart Vehicle Part Number 1995 3.8L Windstar F58Z-7Z490-A 1995 3.0L Windstar F58Z-7Z490-B 1994-95 3.2L Taurus SHO F5DZ-7Z490-B 1994-95 3.0L Taurus Sable F5DZ-7Z490-C 1994-95 3.8L Taurus Sable F5DZ-7Z490-D 1994 Continental F5DZ-7Z490-D 1995 3.0 Taurus Sable F5DZ-7Z490-A 1995 Continental F5OZ-7Z490-A Powerflow & Solenoid Pattern LOW DIR FWD INT DIR 1-2 O/D REV SPRG ROLR GEAR CLUT CLUT CLUT BAND BAND CLUT CLUT CLUT SS1 SS2 SS3 ============================================================================== OD/1ST ON ON HOLD | OFF ON OFF OD/2ND ON ON ON O/R | ON ON OFF OD/3RD ON ON ON O/R HOLD | OFF OFF ON OD/4TH ON ON ON O/R | ON OFF ON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D3/1ST ON ON HOLD | OFF ON OFF D3/2ND ON ON ON O/R | ON ON OFF D3/3RD ON ON ON O/R HOLD | OFF OFF ON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LO/1ST ON ON ON HOLD | OFF ON OFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REVERSE ON ON HOLD | OFF ON OFF TRNW Pic Tips: Click on the images for a full page view of the tip   86-90 Checkball and all-time lube crossdrill locations.   86-90 Checkball locations. 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