The Ford C6 is a heavy duty automatic transmission built by Ford Motor Company between 1966 and 1996. Marketed as "SelectShift Cruise-O-Matic". Compared to its predecessor MX transmission, the C6 offers lower weight, less complexity, less parasitic loss, and greater torque capacity for larger engines. It does this without exceeding the dimensions of MX packaging. The design goal is in line with C4 for smaller engines.
Video Ford C6 transmission
Design
To reduce weight and cost, the C6 features a simple, three-speed Simpson planet gear and more than 10 Â £ (4.5 kg) of metal powder. To assist in shift quality and long-term durability, it is the first automatic transmission designed to use Borg-Warner's flexible shift band. It has a disc clutch disk instead of a band on a low gear and vice versa. It gets a new composite plate and valving. This gave him the ability to handle 475 ft-lb of torque.
C6 is used in trucks and cars with larger engines. Five different types of bell houses exist for use with Ford's various family machines:
- The Windsor pattern is used on 300 I6, Ford Windsor and 351 Cleveland engines.
- The Cleveland pattern is used in 351M and 400 versions of the Ford Cleveland engine and all of Ford's "385" engines.
- The FE pattern is used on the FE engine
- The rare 66 - 68 Lincoln MEL 462 pattern is used on 66 - 68 Lincoln Continentals with 462 engines and also on 68 - 69 Lincoln Continentals with 460. This pattern extends on the passenger side to clean the heat/AC box at 66 - 69 Lincoln firewall.
- Diesel pattern. This is similar to the FE/"385" pattern but they are not interchangeable.
This transmission is very popular in today's drag racing sports, with the unit equipped with valve body and manual transbrake, some of which are air shifted. It is also widely used in off-road applications because its reputation becomes virtually indestructible. Indeed, however, having a reputation greatly reduces performance as well as fuel mileage, due to the amount of power needed to operate.
Application:
- 1978-1991 Ford Bronco
- 1967-1996 Ford F-Series
- 1964-1970 Ford Fairlane
- 1966-1974 Ford Galaxie
- 1966-1980 Ford LTD
- 1977-1979 Ford LTD II
- 1966-1979 Ford Ranchero
- 1966-1979 Ford Thunderbird
- 1968-1976 Ford Torino
- 1966-1979 Lincoln
- 1966-1969 Mercury Comet
- 1967-1973 Ford Mustang
- 1967-1978 Mercury Cougar
- 1966-1972 Mercury Meteor
- 1968-1976 Mercury Montego
- 1968-1974 Mercury Monterey
- 1977 Mustang Cobra 2
Maps Ford C6 transmission
E4OD
The C6 core component is used to build Ford's first electronically controlled automatic transmission. E4OD was introduced in 1989 and is used in both light and heavy duty applications. E4OD has four advanced speed and electronic shift controls replacing the hydraulic governor control mechanism of C6.
Application:
- 1990-1996 Ford Bronco
- 1989-1998 Ford E-Series
- 1997-1998 Ford Expedition
- 1989-1998 Ford F-Series
- 1993-1995 SVT Lightning
4R100
E4OD was updated in 1998 and this new transmission is the last rendition of C6. It's mostly the same as E4OD, but with some changes to the internal components to overcome the resilience problem when placed behind the increasingly powerful Powerstroke Diesel Engine. In 1999 it was equipped with PTO for additional equipment attached to heavy duty trucks. To follow Ford's new naming scheme for other transmissions, Ford renamed E4OD to 4R100.
Application:
- 1999-2004 Ford Lightning (F-150 SVT)
- 2002-2003 Ford F-150 Harley-Davidson Edition
- 1999-2003 Ford F-150 7700 Series (LEV - Emissions Low Vehicles only)
- 1999-2003 Ford Super Duty
- 1999-2003 Ford Expedition (with 5.4 V-8)
- 2000-2003 Ford Excursion
- 1997-2004 Ford E-Series
See also
- Ford transmission list
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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