It’s good to have a source to guide you when you’re struggling with troublesome transmission function. You can be methodical and cover all the bases during a rebuild and still things can go wrong. This is where a step-by-step approach to the problem can help get you steered in the right direction. As with just about […]
How to Install Ford C4 and C6 Transmissions: Step by Step
Although I focus great attention on how a transmission is built, installation and proper adjustment after the unit is installed are just as important to durability and longevity. To get longevity and durability, a transmission must be properly installed and adjusted, which means a methodical approach to getting a fresh transmission into service. Let’s begin […]
The Ultimate Ford Transmission Torque Converters Guide
Torque converters are probably the most misunderstood component in an automatic transmission, yet they’re the simplest in both theory and function. Think of a torque converter like a water wheel in an old saw mill: the waterwheel is driven by fluid in motion. A torque converter works on the same principle—a fluid coupling or clutch […]
How to Install Shift Kits for Ford C6 Transmissions: Step by Step
Automatic transmission function, in theory, is simple. In practice, it is quite complex and has been worked out by powertrain engineers determined to give you smooth and reliable operation for at least 100,000 miles. To get there, you have to have a hydraulic control system that gives you all those things you want and expect […]
How to Build a Ford C6 Select Shift Transmission: Step by Step
Ford’s C6 transmission was first pressed into service for 1966. It was designed to replace a generation of heavy and outdated BorgWarner MX and FX iron-case transmissions used behind Ford big-block and Y-Block V-8s. The C6 is on a par with GM’s Turbo- Hydramatic 400 and Chrysler’s 727 Torqueflite transmissions. It is a heavyduty 3-speed […]
How to Install Shift Kits for Ford C4 Transmissions: Step by Step
To improve shift quality in Ford’s venerable C4, you can look to B&M Racing & Performance, which has been producing some of the best transmission performance parts in the world for more than 50 years. The B&M story dates back to 1953, when Bob Spar and Mort Schuman put their heads together and founded not […]
How to Assemble Ford C4 Transmissions: Cruise-O-Matic / Select Shift
Ford’s C4 Cruise-O-Matic and Select-Shift 3-speed automatic transmission is a light-duty unit intended for six-cylinder and small-block V-8 engines. Versions of the C4 have also been produced for big-blocks. The C4 was produced from 1964 through 1981 at Ford’s Sharonville, Ohio, transmission plant. An interesting footnote is the C4’s status as the first automatic transmission […]
How to Disassemble Ford C4 and C6 Transmissions: Step by Step
For the sake of simplicity and space I primarily cover a C4 teardown in this book. C4 teardown technique generally applies to the C6 as well, though there are some distinct differences in the ford c6 transmission and ford c4 transmission. You’re going to be looking for the same elements of wear regardless of the […]
How to Start a Ford Transmission Rebuild Project: C4 and C6
Before embarking on your Ford C4 or C6 transmission project, you’re going to need to equip yourself with a proper work setting and tools necessary to do the job. Because automatic transmissions encompass dozens of tiny parts—clips, balls, pins, valves, springs, and other items—your workspace must be well-lit, neat, orderly. “Hospital clean” is an abused […]
Everything You Want to Know About Ford C4 and C6 Transmissions
Ford had a fundamental challenge to its direction and future in the late 1950s—how to shed a stodgy image and dated technology. This effort began with a new generation of skirted-block FE-series V-8 engines in 1958. In 1960, Ford introduced its lightweight-iron Falcon and Comet sixes. The 90-degree Fairlane small-block V-8s followed in 1962. Prior […]