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Valve Body, Removing and Installing


Valve body, removing and installing

Notes:
- Always replace a soiled or faulty valve body.
- General repair notes.
- Rules of cleanliness for working on automatic transmissions.

Removing
- Removing oil pan.
- Removing oil strainer.





- Disconnect clip for wiring harness connectors (arrow).





- Disconnect harness connector from Transmission Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) -G38- (-A-).
- Disconnect harness connector from Sensor for transmission RPM -G182- (-B-).





- Loosen mounting bolts (arrows) of valve body and remove valve body with wiring harness.

Notes:
^ Only the marked mounting bolts (arrows) must be loosened.
^ When loosening other bolts, the function of the valve body can be influenced or the valve body splits up.
^ The bolt (arrow A) is not installed on transmissions with hydraulic control E 1812 and can therefore be disregarded.

- Remove valve body from transmission while advancing the wiring harness connector.

Installing
- Lightly coat O-rings of wiring harness connector with ATF.
- Insert wiring harness connector into transmission housing.
^ Installation position: Flat part of rear collar points downward, the tabs at collar are horizontal





- Route wire with connector -C- according to illustration, so that the wire is not pinched when installing the valve body.





- Insert connector with flat part (allow -A-) facing toward oil pan into transmission housing.
- Align valve body to hole in transmission housing (arrow -C-) using alignment pin (arrow -B-).





- Set valve body in place without force while placing bolt of notched disc -1- into the groove of the selector register -2-.





- Next, tighten valve body bolts (arrows) by hand.

Note: The bolt (arrow A) is not installed on transmissions with hydraulic control E 1812 and can therefore be disregarded.

- Then tighten valve body bolts from inside out to final tension.





- Pull wiring with connector -13- of Sensor for transmission RPM -G182- between valve body and wiring harness upward.
- Connect connector -13- to connector -A- at wiring harness.
- Connect connector -C- to Transmission Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) -G38-.





- Connect clip to wiring harness connector (arrow).
- Installing oil strainer.
- Installing oil pan.
- Fill up ATF.





Tightening torque