Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Transaxle Direction and Guidence requested on CD4E

Originally posted by contour_r_us:

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Do you know if she can go with a later model, say from a 2.0 auto transaxle 1999 or 2000 model?

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Any Zetec mated CD4E will work. Even one dating as far back as `93, from a Mazda. Thing is, I wouldn't suggest it. That would be like asking for trouble.

I would suggest going with the later models, as you suggested above, but check closely the Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS). Reason being; In the middle of the build, that year, they switched from a mechanial instrument cluster (for the speedo & tach) to an electric. If your friends car currently has a mechanical, you might want to stay within the configuration, since you would have to change out the sensor and the instrument cluster.

There's several threads on this topic floating around here, so a search my prove fruitful here.