Transmission Codes
Did a previous owner turn your Cougar’s automatic transmission into a 3-speed manual? Or maybe someone switched your Cougar from a 3-speed manual to a 4-speed manual. If you need to find out what your Cougar once had, you’ve come to the right place.
To find out what your Cougar came with installed fromthe factory, check out the transmission codes below.
1967 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 1 | 3-Speed Manual (3.03) |
| 5 | 4-Speed Manual (2.78) Wide Ratio |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
1968 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 1 | 3-Speed Manual (3.03) |
| 5 | 4-Speed Manual (2.78) Wide Ratio |
| 6 | 4-Speed Manual (2.32) Close Ratio |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
1969 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 1 | 3-Speed Manual (3.03) |
| 5 | 4-Speed Manual (2.78) Wide Ratio |
| 6 | 4-Speed Manual (2.32) Close Ratio |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1970 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 1 | 3-Speed Manual (3.03) |
| 5 | 4-Speed Manual (2.78) Wide Ratio |
| 6 | 4-Speed Manual (2.32) Close Ratio |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1971 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 1 | 3-Speed Manual (3.03) |
| 5 | 4-Speed Manual (2.78) Wide Ratio |
| 6 | 4-Speed Manual (2.32) Close Ratio |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1972 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 1 | 3-Speed Manual (3.03) |
| 5 | 4-Speed Manual (2.78) Wide Ratio |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1973 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 5 | 4-Speed Manual (2.78) Wide Ratio |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1974 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1975 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1976 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1977 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
| Z | C-6 Automatic Special |
1978 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |
| Z | C-6 Automatic Special |
1979 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| 6 | 4-Speed Borg Warner |
| X | FMX Automatic |
1980 Mercury Cougar
| Tranmission Code | Transmission Type |
| S | JATCO Automatic |
| T | AOT Automatic |
| T | AOD Automatic |
| U | C-6 Automatic |
| V | C-3 Automatic |
| V | C-3 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
| W | C-4 Automatic |
| X | FMX Automatic |