End cover, removing and installing: Notes
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Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
- Engine support bridge 10-222 A
- Pry lever 80-200
- Triple square socket driver 3357
- Engine/Transmission Jack V.A.G 1383 A
- Oil receptacle
Removing
NOTE:
- Rules of cleanliness for working on automatic transmissions → Rules for cleanliness when working on transmission .
- General repair notes → Repair instructions .
CAUTION:
Do not run engine with the end cover removed or without ATF filling and do not tow vehicle.
- Place selector lever in position "P".
- Remove tunnel cross member → Transmission mount, transmission support and tunnel cross member, removing and installing .
Vehicles with oval connector:
- Disengage harness connector - A - in direction of - arrow - and disconnect it from transmission.
Vehicles with round connector:
- Disengage electrical harness connector - 1 - and disconnect it from transmission.
All:
- Remove bracket - 3 - for selector lever cable by first removing bolts - 2 -.
- Using pry lever 80-200 , press selector lever cable - A - from lever for selector shaft - arrow -.
- Remove bolts - 2 - and remove transmission mount - 1 - from transmission.
- Remove bolts - arrows - and remove end cover.
Installing
Installation is in reverse order of removal, note the following:
NOTE:
- Replace sealing rings, seals and bolts for end cover.
Vehicles with round connector:
Fig 9: Sliding New Twin Lip Oil Seal With Twin Lips Facing Outward Onto Connector At Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217
- Slide new twin lip oil seal - A - with twin lips facing outward onto connector at Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217.
Vehicles with oval connector:
Fig 10: Sliding New Twin Lip Oil Seal With Twin Lips Facing Outward Onto Connector At Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217
- Slide new twin lip oil seal - A - with twin lips facing outward onto connector at Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217.
All:
- Clean sealing surfaces on transmission housing and on end cover.
- If bushings were installed in transmission housing or in cover, they must be remounted in same location.
Fig 11: Sliding New Twin Lip Oil Seal With Twin Lips Facing Outward Onto Connector At Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217
- Slide new twin lip oil seal - A - with twin lips facing outward onto connector at Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217.
NOTE:
- There are metal and paper seals. The new seal must be made of the same material as the old one .
- Make sure bushings are seated properly.
- Put on end cover and make sure seal does not slip.
- Tighten new bolts - arrows - first hand-tight and in diagonal sequence, and then to tightening torque (table Torque specifications ).
- Check installation position of twin lip oil seal - A - :
- Twin lip oil seal must fit flush (sealing lips must not be twisted).
- Check installation position of twin lip oil seal - A - : It must fit flush (sealing lips must not be twisted).
- Tighten bolts - 2 - of bracket for selector lever cable - 3 - on transmission.
NOTE:
- Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.
- Lightly grease eyelet and ball socket of selector lever cable with polycarbamide grease G 052 142 A2 before installing.
- Press selector shaft lever - A - on transmission completely toward rear - arrow - until parking lock engages.
- Check whether selector lever is in position "P" , then press ball socket of selector lever cable - 2 - carefully onto lever for selector shaft.
NOTE:
- Take care not to bend selector shaft lever when pressing it on; support it if necessary, as otherwise selector mechanism can no longer be adjusted properly.
- Bolt transmission mount - 1 - onto transmission - 2 - → Transmission mount, transmission support and tunnel cross member, removing and installing .
- Install tunnel cross member → Transmission mount, transmission support and tunnel cross member, removing and installing .
- Adjust selector lever cable → Selector lever cable (through VIN 8E_6A156499), adjusting .
- Install exhaust system and align it free of tension →
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- Fill with ATF → ATF, changing or filling after repairs .