Manual Control Lever Shaft and Seal: Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Ford Pickup. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Position a new manual control lever seal in place.
- Using the Shifter Fluid Seal Installer, install a new manual control lever shaft seal.
- Install the manual control lever in the case.
- Slide the manual control lever in the case.
- Position the spacer in place while sliding the manual control lever into the spacer.
- Position the manual valve inner lever while sliding the manual control lever and lining up the roll pin hole.
- Install the roll pin.
- Position the park rod in place. Push down on the park pawl and position the park rod in place.
- While holding the park rod down, install the park rod actuating plate.
- Tighten to 12 Nm (106 lb-in).
- Verify the 4 rubber feed tubes for the center support are in place.
- Black feed tubes
- Green feed tube
- Blue feed tube
- Verify the rubber adapter is in place.
- Coat the thermal bypass valve with petroleum jelly to hold it in place and install the thermal bypass valve in the transmission case.
- Position the main control in place and loosely install the 11 bolts.
- Align the manual valve and control lever linkage.
- Tighten the main control bolts in the sequence shown in illustration.
- Tighten to 8 Nm (71 lb-in).
- With the bulkhead connector release tab down and unlocked, push the outer shell of the bulkhead connector into the transmission. Make sure that the bulkhead connector is fully seated into the main control.
- Press up on the tab and lock the outer shell of the bulkhead connector in place.
- Install a new transmission fluid filter.
- If necessary, install a new transmission fluid pan gasket.
- Install the transmission fluid pan and tighten the transmission fluid pan bolts in a crisscross pattern.
- Tighten to 12 Nm (106 lb-in).
- Connect the transmission vehicle harness connector by pushing it in and twisting the outer shell to lock it in place.
- Install the selector lever cable end on the manual control lever.
- If equipped, install the selector lever cable splash shield and the nut.
- Fill the transmission with clean transmission fluid. For additional information, refer to Transmission Fluid Drain and Refill .
NOTE:
Before installing the main control make sure that the thermal bypass valve, pump adapter seal and the center support seals are installed in the transmission case and are in the correct location. Also make sure that none of the center support seals are in the main control.
NOTE:
The transmission fluid pan gasket can be reused if not damaged.
NOTE:
To prevent selector lever cable damage, do not apply force to the selector lever cable between the manual control lever and the selector lever cable bracket.
NOTE:
The column shift is shown in illustration, the floor shift is similar.