Transmission Position Sensor/Switch: Service and Repair

NOTE: Component identifier numbers used in the following illustrations relate to specific steps in the procedures below.





Removal
1. Move the selector lever to position P.
2. Remove the battery.
3. Remove the dipstick.
4. Remove the servo pump pipe's mounting bracket to expose the gear selector position sensor.
5. Remove the lever.
6. Remove the gear selector position sensor's bolt.
7. Remove the gear selector position sensor's nut.
8. Unplug the electrical connector and lift the sensor off the shaft.





Installation
1. Plug in the connector and mount the sensor on the shaft.
2. Install the gear selector position sensor's nut.
- Tightening torque: 8 Nm (72 inch lbs.) .
3. Install the lever but do not tighten it and move the selector lever to position N.
- Lift off the lever and check the position of the gear selector position sensor.
4. Tighten the bolt(s).
- Tightening torque: 25 Nm (18.5 ft. lbs.) .
5. Check that the engine starts with the selector lever in positions P and N and that the reversing light comes on only in position R.
6. Clean and lubricate the fluid filler pipe's O-ring with acid free Vaseline (petroleum jelly) and install the fluid filler pipe.
- Tightening torque: 25 Nm (18.5 ft. lbs.) .
7. Install the servo pump pipe's mounting bracket.
8. Install the battery.