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duhhhh!!!! im stupid steering is what i ment. it's missing something though. hmmm!!!!! i got it fullsize axles.

I think im going the cut down route. Fullsized maybe when I go d60 front and rear. We shall see.

well it should'nt be hard to cut your axle down. make sure you have a couple of good grinding disc cuz your gonna be doin a crap load of grinding.

I buy them by the 10 pack at harbor frieght. That place has the best cheap tool around.

right on!!! im goin home this weekend if you need pic's of anything let me know. just thought i'd put that out there.

Ya the cutdown shouldnt be too difficult. I will mark the tube and knuckle in a couple of places to make sure its put on in the right place.

you gonna start this weekend? make sure you get plenty of pic's.

I went to pay and pickup the D44 and my inlaws pickup was gone. I guess my brother in law took it. So I am getting it tomorrow. THen I will mark and then cut down. I think I read that you need to cut 5.85" off the tube to get it EB size. I am still doing alot of searching.

Ok, I am now wanting input for which kind of shifter to use. Right now the FS is a column shifter and so the AOD has it set up that way. To use a floor shifter you have to open up the tranny and change it. I REALLY dont want to do that. So is there a way to keep the same setup at the tranny and use a floor shifter? Or am I going to have to find an explorer/ranger steering column with the shifter there? What do you think?

you should'nt have to change anything withn the tranny. you should be able to use a set up like the one from a floor shift C6 or AOD. i know it can be done i reach down to shift my tranny becuz i have'nt found a shifter that will work yet ( not that i've had time to look) . i am try 'n to find one maybe in a aerostar van becuz i dont want to pay $200.00 for a B&M shifter. you might even be able to use the b2 floor shifter.

I was reading a bunch of write ups on mustang sites and they showed how to make it a floor shift by going in to the top plate and moving the shift lever 180 degrees. Now if truck AODs are different then I will definately be using a floor shifter as it would be alot easier. I guess I will have to look close under the FS to see how it is setup compaired to the mustang AOD.

you could always go and get a Z-gate shifter. B&M makes them they run around $110.00 from autozone.

And the Zgate shifter wont make me have to switch the shifter on the AOD? If that is the case, then I will start lookin into that.

I don't think so, check with the people at the place you get it from. I know they work with the C6.

The Jeg's catalog lists the Z-Gate at $101.99. That's what I ran on my C-5/4. It does not list the AOD as one of the trannies it will work with. They do list other shifters for the AOD. However they note the need to purchase a seperate installation kit (Bkt kit #130-40496 $49.99) for AOD transmissions. They list the following B&M shifters to work with the AOD: Unimatic $99.99, Sport Shifter $139.99, Quick Silver $149.99, Light Truck Megashifter $167.99, Hammer Shifter $199.99, Street Bandit $259.99.

Hope that helps.