Valve Body: Description

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Fig 1: Valve Body Components

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1 - LOW/REVERSE ACCUMULATOR	6 - OVERDRIVE ACCUMULATOR
2 - LOW/REVERSE SWITCH VALVE	7 - UNDERDRIVE ACCUMULATOR
3 - UPPER VALVE BODY	8 - 4C ACCUMULATOR
4 - MANUAL VALVE	9 - 2C ACCUMULATOR
5 - SOLENOID SWITCH VALVE

The valve body consists of a cast aluminum valve body, a separator plate, and a transfer plate. The valve body contains valves and check balls that control fluid delivery to the torque converter clutch, bands, and frictional clutches. The valve body contains the following components. See Fig 1:

Solenoid switch valve
Manual valve
Low/reverse switch valve
5 Accumulators

Fig 2: Check Ball Locations

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7 check balls. See Fig 2