Removal and Replacement

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect battery ground cable, then raise and support vehicle.
2. Loosen oil pan attaching bolts and allow fluid to drain.
3. Remove converter access cover and adapter plate attaching bolts from lower end of converter housing.
4. Remove four flywheel to converter attaching nuts.

NOTE: On belt driven overhead camshaft engines, never turn crankshaft backward.

5. Install scribe marks on propeller shaft end yoke and rear axle companion flange, then remove propeller shaft and install extension housing oil seal replacer tool No. T74P-77052-A or equivalent.
6. Disconnect speedometer cable from extension housing.
7. Disconnect shift rod or cable from transmission manual lever.
8. Disconnect kickdown cable at transmission kickdown lever.
9. Remove starter to converter housing attaching bolts and position starter out of way.
10. Disconnect all electrical connectors from transmission.
11. Remove vacuum line from transmission vacuum modulator.
12. Position suitable jack under transmission and raise sightly.
13. Remove engine rear support to crossmember attaching bolts.
14. Remove crossmember to frame side support attaching bolts, then the crossmember insulator and support damper.
15. Lower jack and allow transmission to hang.
16. Position suitable jack under engine assembly and raise engine just enough to gain access to two upper converter housing to engine attaching bolts.
17. Disconnect oil cooler lines from transmission, capping all openings.
18. Remove lower converter housing to engine attaching bolts.
19. Remove transmission filler tube.
20. Secure transmission to jack using suitable safety chain.
21. Remove two upper converter housing to engine attaching bolts.
22. Remove transmission from vehicle.

INSTALLATION
1. Reverse procedure to install, noting the following:
a. Tighten attaching nuts and bolts.
b. On vehicles equipped with Electronic Engine Control (EEC), when the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the EEC processor relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 10 miles or more to relearn the strategy.