Remove and Install

NOTE: On air bag equipped vehicles, refer to Air Bags and Seat Belts, Service Precautions, and/or refer to the Air Bag disarming procedure(s) under Air Bags (Supplemental Restraint Systems).

1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Remove bracket for oil filler pipe at cylinder head.
3. Press off ball socket and unhook control pressure cable, then remove engine throttle control shaft.
4. Raise and support vehicle.
5. Remove transverse yoke center assembly attaching bolts.
6. Drain transmission fluid from transmission and torque converter.
7. Remove plastic cover for driver plate of torque converter.
8. Remove six driver plate to torque converter attaching bolts.
9. Insert a block of wood between engine oil pan and transverse yoke.
11. Disconnect exhaust system at plug connections, then disconnect system at rear suspension and suspend with wire.
12. Remove transverse along with rear engine mount.
13. Remove kickdown solenoid valve cable attaching bolt, then release cable strap.
14. Remove pulse generator attaching bolts, then pulse generator.
15. Remove exhaust support attaching bolts.
16. On vehicles with mechanical speedometer, disconnect shaft.
17. On vehicles with catalytic converter heating, disconnect cable for shift point control.
18. Remove exhaust heat shield attaching bolts and shield.
19. Loosen propeller shaft clamping nut.
20. Remove propeller disc to propeller flange attaching bolts.
21. Using a 0.39 inch diameter X 5.91 inch long cylinder drift, loosen close-fit sleeves in propeller flange.
22. Push propeller disc back from propeller flange, then push propeller shaft backward as far as intermediate bearing and clamping element permit.
23. Push white plastic ring for starting lock switch in a upward direction, then using two screwdrivers, carefully pry off plug.
24. Unhook shift rod at range selector lever.
25. Disconnect vacuum line at vacuum box, then oil cooler feed line and return line.
26. Remove all transmission attaching bolts, except one on each side.
27. Using transmission support jack tool 116 589 06 62 00, or equivalent, raise transmission slightly.
28. Remove two side bolts, then pull transmission rearward as far as propeller shaft permits and lower carefully.
29. Reverse procedure to install, noting following:
a. Tighten transmission attaching bolts to specifications.
b. Install new sealing rings for oil feed and return lines.
c. Tighten attaching nuts and bolts to specifications.