Removal

Special Tools:

Removal
1. Remove battery ground cable and positive battery cable.
2. Remove battery and battery tray.
3. Remove engine Air Cleaner (ACL).
4. Disconnect transaxle harness electrical connector and Transmission Range (TR) sensor electrical connector.





5. Remove shift actuator cable fitting, one nut and disconnect transaxle shift cable from shift cable bracket and transaxle.
6. Remove shifter lever and retaining nut.
7. Disconnect fluid cooler lines from transaxle.

Transmission Installation:

Transaxle Installation:

8. Remove four upper transaxle-to-engine bolts. Remove one upper transaxle-to-engine stud (3.0L (2V) engine) or five upper transaxle-to-engine bolts (3.0L (4V) and 3.4L (4V) engines).
9. Remove RH cowl assembly.
10. Install Rotunda Engine Lifting Brackets 134-00243 (3.0L 4V) or Rotunda Engine Lifting Brackets 303-F055 (014-00797) (3.4L SHO) or equivalent.

Three Bar Engine Support:

11. Install Rotunda Three Bar Engine Support 303-D063 (D88L-6000-A) or equivalent and suitably support engine assembly.
12. Raise and suitably support vehicle on hoist.
13. Place drain pan under transaxle.
14. Loosen lower transaxle pan retaining bolt. Drain fluid from transaxle.
15. When fluid is drained to level of transaxle pan flange, remove remaining transaxle pan bolts gradually allowing fluid to drain. Remove transaxle pan.
16. When transaxle fluid has completely drained, reinstall transaxle pan.
17. Remove front tire and wheel assemblies.
18. Remove both halfshafts from vehicle.

19. CAUTION: When servicing exhaust system or removing exhaust components, disconnect all Heated Oxygen Sensors (HO2S) at the wiring connectors to prevent damage to the heated oxygen sensors and wiring harness.

CAUTION: When servicing the 3.0L (4V) engine, the heated oxygen sensors must be removed from the dual converter Y pipe or possible damage to the heated oxygen sensors may occurs Do not remove the harness connectors from the bracket.

Disconnect four Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) electrical connectors.
20. Remove three bolts, seven nuts and dual converter Y pipe assembly from vehicle.
21. Disconnect two starter motor electrical connectors.
22. Remove one bolt, one shad and starter motor from transaxle.
23. Remove one bolt and transmission housing cover from transaxle (3.0L 2V engine only).
24. Remove front sub-frame.
25. Position Rotunda High Lift Transmission Jack 014-00942 or equivalent under transaxle and suitably support transaxle.
26. Remove one lower engine-to-transaxle bolt (3.0L 2V engine) or four lower engine-to-transaxle bolts (3.0L 4V and 3.4L 4V engines).
27. Remove four flywheel-to-torque converter nuts.

Rear Engine Support:

28. Remove three bolts, two nuts and rear engine support from transaxle.
29. Remove one bolt from RH engine mount brace.
30. Slowly lower transaxle making sure no obstructions exist and remove transaxle from vehicle.