Converter Housing & Fluid Pump - Bushing With Seals: Assembly
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Ford Ranger. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Thoroughly clean all parts and blow dry with moisture free compressed air.
- Inspect the converter housing and fluid pump components for the following:
- Cracks and scoring of the pump gears.
- Front and rear input shaft bushings for scoring and wear.
- Fluid pump support needle bearing and cage for scored or missing rollers.
- Pump gear pockets for scoring and wear.
- Fluid pump adapter plate for scoring and wear.
- Fluid pump to converter housing bushing for scoring and wear.
- Pump body and case for burrs.
- Fluid passages for obstructions.
- Converter housing for cracks.
- Install a new converter hub to housing seal onto the special tool.
- Using the special tool, install the new converter hub-to-converter housing seal into the converter housing, until it bottoms in the housing.
NOTE:
Minor burrs and scoring may be removed with crocus cloth. If damage is found, installation of a new pump will be required as an assembly.
NOTE:
Check and make sure that the garter spring in the seal has not popped off of the converter hub-to-converter housing seal.
CAUTION:
Place the converter housing on a block of wood or equivalent to protect the converter hydraulic passages on the backside.
NOTE:
Do not finish converter housing and fluid pump reassembly at this time. Assembly is completed during transmission assembly to correctly set front end clearance.