Manual Control Lever Shaft Seal: Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Mercury Montego, 2005 Ford Freestyle, and 2005 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Position the new seal in place.

Fig 1: Positioning New Manual Control Lever Seal
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Using the special tool, install a new selector shaft seal.

Fig 2: Installing Selector Shaft Seal
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Position the manual lever in place and install the roll pin.

Fig 3: Installing Roll Pin
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Connect the shift cable end.

Fig 4: Disconnecting Shift Cable End
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Install the battery tray and battery. For additional information, refer to BATTERY, MOUNTING AND CABLES .
If required, top off the transaxle with clean continuously variable transaxle (CVT) transmission fluid. Use the transmission fluid level setting procedure to fill the transaxle. For additional information, refer to TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL CHECK AND SETTING .