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Low/Reverse Servo Assembly: Installation

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  1. Clean and inspect the low/reverse band servo piston bore and the low/reverse band servo piston and rod.
  2. Install the low/reverse band servo piston and rod.
    1. Install the low/reverse band servo piston and rod assembly.
    2. Install a new low/reverse band servo separator plate cover gasket.
    3. Install the low/reverse band servo cover.
      • Loosely install the low/reverse band servo piston cover screws.
    Fig 1: Installing Low/Reverse Band Servo Piston & Rod
    G02152562Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  3. Tighten the servo cover screws in the sequence shown.
    Fig 2: Servo Cover Screw Tightening Sequence
    G02152563Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  4. Install the transmission fluid filter.
    1. Install the transmission fluid filter.
    2. Install the transmission fluid filter screw.
    Fig 3: Installing Transmission Fluid Filter
    G02152564Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  5. Install the transmission fluid pan.
    1. Position a new transmission fluid pan gasket on the transmission fluid pan.
    2. Install and align the transmission fluid pan.
      • Loosely install the transmission fluid pan screws.
    Fig 4: Installing Transmission Fluid Pan & Gasket
    G02152565Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  6. Tighten the transmission fluid pan screws.
    • Tighten the transmission fluid pan screws in a crisscross sequence.
    Fig 5: Tightening Transmission Fluid Pan Screws
    G02152566Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  7. NOTE: If the vehicle was not equipped with a fluid filter, install a fluid filter kit. Follow the instructions supplied in the kit. If the vehicle was equipped with a filter, install a new filter.
    Fig 6: Installing In-Line Transmission Fluid Filter
    G02152567Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  8. Install a new in-line transmission fluid filter kit or filter.
  9. Lower the vehicle.
  10. NOTE: When the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms can occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The customer needs to be notified that they may experience slightly different upshifts either soft or firm and this is a temporary condition and will eventually return to normal operating condition.
  11. Connect the battery ground cable. For additional information, refer to BATTERY, MOUNTING AND CABLES .
  12. Fill the transmission to the correct fluid level and check for correct transmission operation.