Valve Body: Removal
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2003 Dodge Dakota. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The valve body can be removed for service without having to remove the transmission assembly.
The valve body can be disassembled for cleaning and inspection of the individual components.
The only replaceable valve body components are:
- Manual lever.
- Manual lever washer, seal, E-clip, and shaft seal.
- Manual lever detent ball.
- Throttle lever.
- Fluid filter.
- Pressure adjusting screw bracket.
- Governor pressure solenoid.
- Governor pressure sensor (includes transmission temperature thermistor).
- Converter clutch/overdrive solenoid assembly and harness.
- Governor housing gasket.
- Solenoid case connector O-rings.
- Shift transmission into NEUTRAL.
- Raise vehicle.
- Remove gearshift and throttle levers from shaft of valve body manual lever.
- Disconnect wires at solenoid case connector (Fig 1).
- Remove the transmission range sensor.
- Position drain pan under transmission oil pan.
- Remove transmission oil pan and gasket.
- Remove fluid filter from valve body.
- Remove bolts attaching valve body to transmission case.
- Lower valve body enough to remove accumulator piston and springs.
- Work manual lever shaft and electrical connector out of transmission case.
- Lower valve body, rotate valve body away from case, pull park rod out of sprag, and remove valve body (Fig 2).