Removing and installing/replacing torque converter (6-speed, AISIN GA6F21AW) (Cooper Clubman base FWD)

Special tools required:

00 2 550
24 4 260

IMPORTANT: After completion of repair work, check TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL .

Use only the approved automatic transmission oil: ATF6 (BMW/MINI part number 83 22 2 355 599).

Failure to comply with this instruction will result in serious damage to the transmission.

Preliminary work needed:

Drain off TRANSMISSION OIL .
Remove AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION .

Removal:

Determine distance between contact surface and surface (1) of threaded hole in torque converter with special tool 00 2 550.

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NOTE: Measured value must be greater than A.

A = 13, 7 mm

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Screw special tool 24 4 260 to torque converter.

Remove torque converter.

NOTE: Do not damage radial shaft seal when removing torque converter.

Remove torque converter and set down vertically.

When torque converter is removed, transmission oil flows out.

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Installation:

Push torque converter with special tool 24 4 260 through radial shaft seal onto transmission shaft as far as it will go.

Press torque converter hand force into converter housing. Converter hub recess must snap into place in driver of pump impeller. The torque converter must be felt to slip inwards.

IMPORTANT: Do not damage radial shaft seal and bearing.

If the torque converter is not correctly installed, the driver of the transmission oil pump may be damaged when the transmission is flanged to the engine.

Align the torque converter in such a way that the recess on the converter hub lines up with the oil pump driver.

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Required follow-up work:

Install AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION .
Add TRANSMISSION OIL .