Frankenstein front pump???

Any pictures of your puzzle pieces for the transmission illiterate like me?

Somewhere I have seen copies of an article by B+M on beefing the model 12 and it included stuff about swapping in a fmx pump. With mods to the converter hub.

I've got an article from one of the "mechanics" magazines (Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Mechancis, etc.) from the early 50s. It's on the "new" automatics. Until Studebaker came out with one (in conjunction with Borg-Warner's Detroit Gear Division) around 1950 the only auto trans around was the Hydramatic. Stude ran into financial problems, and Ford stepped in to back BW. The agreement with Ford gave Ford rights to manufacture, but also named BW as a supplier for 50% of Ford's needs for the next five years. The article was around 52-54. Can't lay my hand directly on it right now, but it's in my office somewhere!! The Ford Cruise-O-Matic and others are license built BW trannys, but have unique valve bodies and cases and a few other differences. The rotating assemblies are pretty much the same -- clutches and bands interchange, but some of the units requiring seals are different sizes and/or shapes. That's why a rebuild kit is made that covers several Ford and BW applications -- there are multiple gaskets and seals for some items (like the VB and oil pan). The earlier Ford trannys are more like the BW M-8 than the FMX (or the BW M-11/12). The FMX is more like the M-8 than the M-11 (same type of pressure regulator as M-8) due to the license agreement with BW. The earliest Ford model was called an FX by Ford, the second the MX. The FMX was the last model based on the BW design and has the best of both, which is why it's called the FMX!

Some where before I lost my recent setup and had to redo it I had a site saved by a Studebaker Avanti guy who redid his Borg Warner automatic to take more horsepower . I've lost the link but it was off  shot of one of the Studebaker web sites some where. Sorry I can't add more it's been a while but he did know how to fit some of the BW auto worst problems. LRDaum

69 ambassador 390 wrote: purple72Gremlin wrote: FMX direct fit into an AMC? I dont believe it.    And I do know that the shift kit companies could not make any high performance parts work very well. IIRC, B&M tried to, and gave up on making them work. I know transgo used to make a shift improver kit.   IMHO, the BW is good for restorations. If you want to make a DD, go TF. I   Cool, please don't beleive it because I must have made this all up.  Kinda like the B&M info you posted.  It certainly couldn't have been that B&M saw a limited return on their investment and stopped offering the mod kits as well as full on race trans because of little demand.         By the way, the FMX in my former Cougar still runs very well and will light the 1-2 shift and chirp the 2-3 shift.  Has many miles since I went through it.  The FMX/M11-1 hybrid in the Ambo is another examle.  I have a herd time beleiving that a company like B&M couldn't make one run when a lowly average guy like me with a TSM and a hydraulic schematic can do wonders with them.         The more people beleive that they are  crap, the more parts are still around for me to use.  So pardon me for trying to help out fellow AMCers and I'll just keep my trap shut from now on.  It's not like I do AMCs for a living or anything!!!!!

the FMX is a very good transmission.   Most 351 powered Fords will have them. I used to pull them out to rebuild them. And the older ones called MXs and Ms (in older Fords) I dont know why B&M stopped making hi performance shift kits. ( for these transmissions) but I know in the shop where I worked if someone wanted a high performance trans for a Ford, it would be either a c4 or c6.