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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:40 am 
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will a ba trans bolt up to and fit in an ef any one plz help
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:00 am 
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Depends how you look at it, if you're using the BA bellhousing only the top half of the bolts will line up to the block, but you can swap over the EF bellhousing and bolt the BA box to it. Electronically, it won't work, the wiring inside the box is completely different. On another note you will need to use the BA torque converter.

So simply, yes you can get it to bolt up to the EF block, and no it wont operate correctly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:03 am 
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:41 pm 
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Ive read that transmission workshops reco EL tranny's and use them on BA's, isent EF/EL box the same???

 

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 Post subject: Re: ba trans in ef
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:02 pm 
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yes ef/el's use the same box so if thats true it will fit and work
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:04 pm 
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spinner1987 wrote:
yes ef/el's use the same box so if thats true it will fit and work


It doesn't work. twason tried and couldn't get it to work. Fordman351 also tried going the other way, EL Box into EL with BA motor and ECU, put the BA wiring in and it would not work correctly.

 

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Shifter position is different from E series to AU and beyond too.......
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:06 pm 
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Shifter position is different from E series to AU and beyond too.......


Only with the manual box.....

 

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 Post subject: Re: ba trans in ef
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:10 pm 
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yes ef/el's use the same box so if thats true it will fit and work
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:38 pm 
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Shifter position is different from E series to AU and beyond too.......


Only with the manual box.....

The actual position of the shifter in the cabin further back on AU... Are you suggesting that they cut the hole in the floor of the car in different positions for manual and auto? With the auto I guess you can just change the linkages from one to the other and it will then fit just fine... The manuals don't have that facility so you have to chop your floor and change some interior about 50mm... All good...

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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:55 pm 
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spinner1987 wrote:
yes ef/el's use the same box so if thats true it will fit and work


ive heard trans shops only use ef/el auto oil pumps in the ba boxes.. but not the ef boxes in ba!!
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:05 pm 
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The internals of the box, bar the pump and converter, are exactly the same. Ford actually usues EF/EL parts to beef up their BA boxes when they fail. Just the same as I used XR6T parts in my EL auto when I rebuilt it.

But the electronics are different as others have found out.

So ultimately its a no, but with time and patience, it can be a yes.
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:37 pm 
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The T-Bar linkage is on the opposite side of the box compared to the earlier models & 90% of the BA's don't have the speedo gear or unit on the output shaft - speedo readings are done through the ABS sensors. Both boxes are made by different companies - BTR & ION. The BA geartrain is similar to the earlier V8 BTR's (fine teeth) but are a lot more brittle & blow up easily due to the more powerful twin cam engine.
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 Post subject: Re: ba trans in ef
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:10 am 
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Cheers XPVANMAN. You are the man when it comes to this sort of thing alright...

Suppose converting the linkages from left to right and moving the shifter position in the cabin along with everything else that needs re-working would suggest to most that putting the BA trans into the EF is overly complicated and perhaps even a waste of time when there's still a lot of good strong 1990's units available.....
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 Post subject: Re: ba trans in ef
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:31 am 
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to me it sounds like to much work more then its worth anyway. mite just reco my one and add a shift kit sounds easer prob cost less to
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