Why doesn't the 1994 4r70w 4x4 auto ford tranny match up with the 1996 5.0 ? What can be changed so it will match up?

It is a EMC issue is all abot I have taken on chevs when they told me they would not work and every thing worked fine just had a light to put up with. To me if it bolts up and the converter bolds run it and put up with the lightmine had the lock up converter I had a guy build me a 350 turbo with out the over drive and it worked great. mine was a 1989 and put a built 79 or 80 trans with out lock up converter and worked great

What size engine was in the 1994? That could be the difference. If you are goig from a v6 to a v8 the bell houseing will not match and the trans will not be build for the 5.0 engine

Sorry once again I did not read the whole question

So do you think the 94 tranny would work? I mean the 94 5.0l motor is the same as the 96 5.0l motor ain't it? So it should connect the same, I just need to get it back on the road! Moving back to Ohio in a month and I only have $640 to get the truck running

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series

they are both Eleventh Generation....they should bolt right up~

$640 and a month good luck on that bud. I really can not say for sure I am more of a gm guy

I would think it would but I would hate to give you the wrong advice and have you spend the money and find out it will not work. Like i said I am a gm guy but we have ran alot of demo derbys with fords and interchangeg alot of ford to ford parts that we were told would not work and they did

@Roy , do you think it would function properly? Cuz every parts list Iv looked at, it was that the 96 4r70w isn't interchangable with the previous years, which I believe that started making it for the 5.0 in 93/ 94?

I think roy is right

Okay, well the place said they will give me a 30 day return , so I think I might just have to buy it, hook it up, drive it and see how she runs, if she doesn't then I can take it back I guess

Okay...I don't know for SURE SURE...all I can tell you if mechanically compatible...the electrics are secondary~ My 66 Chevy truck 235 was changed with an Impala 400...damned no power steering and the gas tank was too small for a long trip~...main crank was wobbly...and did not notice until I'd finished my trip to Wisconsin and back~

Eleventh generation...does not say how many permutations/engine tranny combinations were available...perhaps it does...we should read that info together to make sure that it will be a bolt-up situation...Eleventh Generation...must probably fit an eleventh generation...it isn't like we are taking an eighth gen and tryin' to horse it into compliance~

a shoelace and notepad will be all you need to check the main bolts dimension and the shaft length/flywheel dimension (if manual tranny)....and overall length to make sure the driveshaft will still work~

in the words of Johnny Cash "with a little bit of help from an A-dapter kit, we had that engine runnin' just like a song"~