A4LD 4x4 tranny fit a 86 ranger auto?

[lopez93explorer]

I got a 86 ranger with an automatic. engine is a 2.9 v6 if that helps.
After my tranny gave up on me i removed it from the ranger and went to the junk yard and pulled out another tranny from the same 2.9 engine as my ranger.
When i took it home and removed the oil pan i saw a broken metal ring in the filter and so i decided to not install the transmission because i found the same thing but plastic ring in my original tranny after it blew up on me.

My question is what other makes and models with the same transmission will bolt into my ranger with little modification? I really don't want to pull apart my junkyard A4LD to see if that broken ring is from the tranny and not some idiot that forgot to make sure the oil pan was clean after a rebuild. Will a 4x4 A4ld work?

 

[Tbars4]

...This might help..

A4LD come in 1985-1994 Ranger & Bronco II With Overdrive -Trans code "T"...

...You might find this interesting...
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189920

 

[BrooklynBay]

Do you have a picture of this broken part?

 

[lopez93explorer]

I will try to get a picture later today.

 

[lopez93explorer]

Here is the picture. copper on top and silver on the other side.

What is this?

 

[BrooklynBay]

It's hard to tell from the close up picture, but it looks like either a part of a thrust washer or a snap ring.

 

[lopez93explorer]

if its a thrust washer or a snap ring how would it get to the filter? i looked all around the inside and i see no damage.:scratch:

 

[BrooklynBay]

It could have come from further inside.

 

[lopez93explorer]

so that means the transmission is fried. I guess i will return the junkyard transmission and look for another. Thank you for the help. I'll update when i get the replacement.

 

[BrooklynBay]

It's a good thing that you caught it now before you installed it. By the way, clean out your front cooler with a cooler cleaning chemical before you install a good transmission. Debris could get caught inside of the cooler from the old transmission, then get pushed into the new transmission.