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When replacing a Motor lorry transmission, is it deluxe to elicit that the transmission is acutely bulky and awkward. Caution is in plan so that it does not Blop and basis bodily injury. You further should elevate the Motor lorry great Sufficiently to extract the transmission from below once it is outside. The floor jack Testament be in employ holding the transmission, which makes it a damaging chronology for you to grasp the Motor lorry is also low.
Instructions
1. Remove the engine air cleaner. Remove the transmission kick-down or TV cable from the throttle linkage whether there is one; these are form mostly on early replica trucks. Disconnect the colorless terminal on the battery, using a wrench. Elevate and aid the Motor lorry on jack stands. Abode the drip pan under the transmission, and account a 13 mm socket to remove all on the contrary two of the transmission pan bolts.
2. Remove the latest two bolts in the transmission pan slowly so that the pan Testament Blop down gradually, allowing the fluid to remove into the pan. Remove the pan extensive Sufficiently to remove remainder of the fluid, then change the transmission pan and loosely tighten all the bolts.
3. Remove the handle shaft, using a wrench to extract the four bolts in the yoke. Remove the gear lever linkage from the gear lever lever, using a wrench. Disconnect all electrical connectors. Remove the starter, using the appropriate-size socket. Remove the dipstick by pulling absent the bolt in the telephone housing that secures the dipstick bracket to the housing. Convenience the appropriate socket, usually a 15 mm. Abode the daily screwdriver under the bracket and tap it upward with the hammer to compose the tube absent of the transmission.
4. Remove the front torque converter incorporate, using the appropriate-size socket. Remove the torque converter-to-flexplate bolts using the hire socket. Apply the comprehensive screwdriver to turn the flexplate to receive to the abutting bolt. Remove the bolts in the backside of the transmission mount from the backside centre of the cross member, using the appropriate socket.
5. Place the floor jack under the transmission pan, close to the bell housing. Remove the two bolts on either side of the cross member where it is secured to the frame. Raise the transmission slightly and remove the cross member from under the truck. Lower the transmission a few inches, and remove the two transmission cooler lines on the passenger side of the transmission, using a wrench.
6. Remove all the bolts in the bell housing using the appropriate socket. Raise the transmission so that it is slightly lower in the rear. Use the large common screwdriver to pry the transmission away from the flexplate and engine. Raise the transmission slightly and install the dipstick tube and the bolt in the bell housing, securing the dipstick bracket to the housing. Raise the transmission enough to install the cross member and install the side to frame bolts. Install remainder of the parts in reverse order of removal, and fill the transmission with fluid. Run it through the gears and recheck the level.
When the torque converter is in correctly, it will be farther back than the bolt holes in the bell housing.
8. Place the new transmission on the floor jack and raise it up, being careful to keep it level and straight. Insert the transmission torque converter nose into the cavity in the flexplate, and start a couple bolts in the bell housing to help draw the transmission into the engine. Insert remainder of the bolts and tighten. Turn the torque converter to match up the holes with the flexplate, then install remainder of the bolts and tighten.
9. Install the transmission cooler lines on the passenger side. Pull the transmission straight out, being careful to support it properly and lower it to the ground.7. Spin the torque converter in the new transmission to make sure it is all the way in. It has two slots that must be engaged, or the torque converter will be squeezed between the flexplate and transmission. Fill as needed, running it through the gears after each addition of transmission fluid, until the dipstick shows the proper level.
