Ford Motor Company Automatic Overdrive Transmission

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Dabich, Sam, author.

Conference Name:

1980 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition (1980-02-25 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1980

Summary:

The Ford Automatic Overdrive (AOD) is a new concept four-speed automatic transmission that incorporates a new fuel-efficient torque converter, split torque in third gear and a full mechanical drive in fourth (overdrive).In third gear, forty per cent of the power is transmitted hydrodynamically; the other sixty per cent is transmitted mechanically by direct connection between the engine and transmission.In overdrive, engine power completely bypasses the torque converter and follows a direct mechanical path to the driveshaft.The AOD is available in 1980 Lincoln Continental, Continental Mark VI, Ford, Mercury, Thunderbird and Cougar XR-7 vehicles

Notes:

Vendor supplied data

Publisher Number:

800004

Access Restriction:

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