Transmission Removal and Installation

Removal
1) Remove battery negative terminal.





2) Remove exhaust front and rear tubes.
3) Remove fluid charging pipe from A/T assembly.
4) Remove oil cooler pipe from A/T assembly.
5) Plug up openings such as the fluid charging pipe hole, etc.
6) Remove propeller shaft.
7) Remove transfer control linkage from transfer.
^ Insert plug into rear oil seal after removing rear propeller shaft.
^ Be careful not to damage spline, sleeve yoke and rear oil seal.
8) Remove A/T control cable from A/T assembly.
9) Disconnect A/T and speedometer sensor harness connectors.
10) Remove starter motor.
Tightening torque: 41 - 52 Nm (4.2 - 5.3 kg-m, 30 - 38 ft. lbs.)
11) Remove gusset and rear plate cover securing engine to A/T assembly.
12) Remove bolts securing torque converter to drive plate.
^ Remove the bolts by turning crankshaft.
13) Support A/T assembly with a jack.
14) Remove rear engine mounting member from body and A/T assembly. Tighten rear engine mounting member to the specified torque. Refer to Engine; Specifications.
15) Remove bolts securing A/T assembly to engine.
16) Pull A/T assembly backwards.
^ Secure torque converter to prevent it from dropping.
^ Secure A/T assembly to a jack.
17) Lower A/T ASSEMBLY.

Installation





^ Drive plate runout
Maximum allowable runout:
Refer to Engine; Specifications.
If this runout is out of specification, replace drive plate with ring gear.





^ When connecting torque converter to transmission, measure distance "A" to be certain that they are correctly assembled.
Distance "A": 26.0 mm (1.024 inch) or more





^ Install converter to drive plate.
^ After converter is installed to drive plate, rotate crankshaft several turns and check to be sure that transmission rotates freely without binding.








^ Tighten bolts securing transmission.
^ Reinstall any part removed.





^ Check fluid level in transmission.
^ Move selector lever through all positions to be sure that transmission operates correctly.
With parking brake applied, rotate engine at idling. Move selector lever through N to D, to 2, to 1 and to R positions. A slight shock should be felt by hand gripping selector each time transmission is shifted.
^ Perform road test.