C-4 Anybody?

1BLACKHARLEY · Apr 3, 2007

ok, non chevy, but you guys are the brightest i know.

i just bought a 65 fairlane, the tranny slips, and the tranny guys around here are crooks. i'm pretty sure it's a c-4, three speed auto. instead of getting ripped off by loacl tranny shops, should i just get a c-4? is it pretty straight foward? any tricks i need to know. easy swap? or nightmare?

LeoP · Apr 4, 2007

is it aluminum or cast iron? The C4's usually start slipping when the seals get old and hard and no longer do their job.

1BLACKHARLEY · Apr 4, 2007

LeoP said:
is it aluminum or cast iron? The C4's usually start slipping when the seals get old and hard and no longer do their job.

pretty sure cast. yes it's slipping a little. the tranny shops around here are crazy expensive. last tranny i had somebody look at, they wanted $1,500 to rebuild. i'm pretty sure i can buy one for less and drop it in myself....

LeoP · Apr 5, 2007

if cast, most likely a Cruise o matic, might try a Ford forum, www.corral.net would be my choice.

Cam · Apr 5, 2007

It's most likely a C-4 Curse-O-Matic

. Not that it makes much difference as to the trans since the 170 - 200 -289 all used the C-4, but what engine do you have? In '65 for Fairlanes only you could get a solid lifter 289 271-horse with a special Curse-O-Matic.

I would imagine you could get a bench rebuild on a C-4 for closer to $500 probably.

novaderrik · Apr 5, 2007

a lot of them old Ford have the FMX trans- which i think was made out of cast iron and weighed almost as much as the engine it was bolted to..

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