Rear Extension Housing O-Ring Seal

Rear Extension Housing O-Ring Seal

Removal
1. Select N position.
2. Raise the vehicle for access.
3. Remove the front muffler.





4. Locate a transmission jack, Epco V - 100 or similar, under the transmission unit.
Adjust the angle of the jack to suit the transmission.
Secure the side clamps.
Pass the safety chain over the transmission unit and secure.
Take the weight of the transmission and engine.





5. Remove the engine rear mounting bracket.
Remove the engine rear mounting to bracket bolt.
Remove the mounting bracket to body bolts.
6. Gently lower the transmission jack.





7. CAUTION: Under no circumstances remove the driveshaft to flexible coupling fixings.

Detach the driveshaft from the transmission unit.
Mark the position of the coupling to drive flange.
Remove the three bolts which secure the transmission drive flange to the flexible coupling.





8. Remove the rear extension housing assembly.
Remove the ten bolts, noting their location for installation.
Remove and discard the O-ring.
9. Clean the mating faces.

Installation





1. Installation is the reverse of the removal procedure noting that;
Install a new O-ring seal.
Tighten the ten bolts to the specified torque figure.





2. Align the driveshaft with the transmission drive flange using the marks made on removal.
Tighten the three bolts to the specified torque figure.
3. Raise the transmission carefully to position, using the transmission jack





4. Fit the engine rear mounting and tighten the center bolt and outer bolts to the specified torque figures.
Check that the safety chain on the transmission jack will not be trapped when the mounting is fitted.





5. Remove the transmission jack.
6. Check the transmission fluid level.