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Automatic Transmission/Transaxle: Service and Repair
Transaxle Removal - 3.0L
Special Tool(s)

1. Remove the battery and the battery tray.
2. Remove the air cleaner as an assembly.
(1) Disconnect the breather tube.
(2) Disconnect the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor electrical connector.
(3) Remove the air intake tube.
(4) Remove the air cleaner assembly retaining bolt.
(5) Remove the air cleaner assembly.

3. Disconnect the Transmission Range (TR) sensor.

4. Disconnect the transaxle harness connector, remove the wire harness bracket nut and position the harness bracket aside.

5. Remove the main control cover vent tube.

6. Disconnect the EVAP and Power Takeoff (PTO) vent hoses from the transmission filler tube.

7. Disconnect the wire harness from the battery tray hold-down bracket.

8. Disconnect the shift cable from the manual lever.

9. Remove the 2 retaining bolts from the shift cable bracket, and position the cable and bracket aside.

10. Disconnect the starter motor harness connector.

11. Disconnect the ground wire.

12. Remove the 2 starter bolts and remove the starter motor.

13. Install the special tools.

14. Remove and disconnect both electrical connectors from the upper intake to gain access to the engine for installing the lifting bracket.

15. Install the special tools.

16. Install the special tools.

17. Remove the upper transaxle retaining bolts.

18. Loosen, but do not remove, the 4 retaining nuts holding the bracket to the transaxle case. Remove the LH upper transaxle mount bolt.

19. Remove the RH upper engine mount bolt.

20. NOTE: It is necessary to raise the engine a couple of inches in order to remove the transaxle.
Using the special tool, raise the front of the engine.

21. Remove the 7 retainers and the LH splash shield.

22. Remove the 7 retainers and the RH splash shield.

23. If transaxle disassembly is necessary, remove the drain plug and drain the transmission fluid. After the fluid has drained, install the drain plug.

24. Disconnect the LH suspension.
(1) Disconnect the sway bar link.
(2) Remove the tie rod end nut cotter pin.
(3) Remove the tie rod end retaining nut.
(4) Remove the lower knuckle bolt.

25. Disconnect the RH suspension.
(1) Disconnect the sway bar link.
(2) Remove the tie rod end nut cotter pin.
(3) Remove the tie rod end retaining nut.
(4) Remove the lower control arm knuckle bolt.

26. Using the special tool, disconnect the LH and RH tie rod end from the steering knuckle.

27. Carefully pry down on the LH and RH lower control arms and disconnect the steering knuckle from the lower ball joint and position the steering knuckle aside.
28. Using the special tool, remove the RH outer halfshaft.

29. Using a pry bar between the transaxle case and the LH axle shaft, carefully disconnect the halfshaft from the transaxle case.
30. Remove the retaining screw for the generator shield.

31. Remove the retaining bolt for the generator shield and remove the shield.

32. Disconnect the H02S sensor connector and remove the 2 clips from the oil pan bolt studs.

33. Remove the 2 intermediate shaft retaining nuts.

34. Remove the intermediate shaft.

35. Remove the cross brace.

36. Disconnect the exhaust pipe.
(1) Remove the rubber hanger.
(2) Remove the nuts and disconnect the pipe.

37. Disconnect the front exhaust pipe flange.

38. Disconnect the rear exhaust pipe flange and remove the exhaust pipe.

39. For vehicles equipped with a PTO, remove the rear driveshaft.

40. Position the driveshaft aside.
41. Vehicles equipped with a PTO, remove the RH exhaust manifold to gain access to the PTO bracket.

42. Remove the bolts and the bracket.

43. Remove the bolt for the mount and the 2 bolts for the cross brace.

44. Remove the rear nut and the cross brace.

45. Remove the electrical connectors from the lower mount bracket.

46. Vehicles not equipped with a PTO, remove the dampener.
47. Remove the bolts from the transfer case unit.

48. Remove the transfer case bolt and remove the transfer case unit.

49. Remove the center bolt from the rear transaxle mount.

50. NOTE: It is necessary to lower the transaxle in order to clear the subframe to remove the transaxle.
Lower the transaxle enough to clear the frame.

51. Remove the access cover.

52. Remove and discard the 4 torque converter nuts.

53. Remove the fluid cooler tube.
(1) Disconnect the Output Shaft Speed (OSS) sensor.
(2) Disconnect the Turbine Shaft Speed (TSS) sensor (white connector).
(3) Remove the bolt.
(4) Remove the fluid cooler tube and position it aside.

54. Remove the OSS sensor.

55. Remove the fluid cooler tube.

56. Support the transaxle with a high-lift jack.
57. Remove the bolts.

58. Remove the bolt.

59. Remove the bolt.

60. CAUTION: The torque converter is heavy. Install the special tool before lowering the transaxle.
Move the transaxle back far enough to install the special tool.

61. Lower the transaxle from the engine compartment.

62. If installing a new or remanufactured transaxle, remove the transaxle mount bracket.


Automatic Transmission/Transaxle: Service and Repair
Transaxle Removal - 3.0L
Special Tool(s)

1. Remove the battery and the battery tray.
2. Remove the air cleaner as an assembly.
(1) Disconnect the breather tube.
(2) Disconnect the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor electrical connector.
(3) Remove the air intake tube.
(4) Remove the air cleaner assembly retaining bolt.
(5) Remove the air cleaner assembly.

3. Disconnect the Transmission Range (TR) sensor.

4. Disconnect the transaxle harness connector, remove the wire harness bracket nut and position the harness bracket aside.

5. Remove the main control cover vent tube.

6. Disconnect the EVAP and Power Takeoff (PTO) vent hoses from the transmission filler tube.

7. Disconnect the wire harness from the battery tray hold-down bracket.

8. Disconnect the shift cable from the manual lever.

9. Remove the 2 retaining bolts from the shift cable bracket, and position the cable and bracket aside.

10. Disconnect the starter motor harness connector.

11. Disconnect the ground wire.

12. Remove the 2 starter bolts and remove the starter motor.

13. Install the special tools.

14. Remove and disconnect both electrical connectors from the upper intake to gain access to the engine for installing the lifting bracket.

15. Install the special tools.

16. Install the special tools.

17. Remove the upper transaxle retaining bolts.

18. Loosen, but do not remove, the 4 retaining nuts holding the bracket to the transaxle case. Remove the LH upper transaxle mount bolt.

19. Remove the RH upper engine mount bolt.

20. NOTE: It is necessary to raise the engine a couple of inches in order to remove the transaxle.
Using the special tool, raise the front of the engine.

21. Remove the 7 retainers and the LH splash shield.

22. Remove the 7 retainers and the RH splash shield.

23. If transaxle disassembly is necessary, remove the drain plug and drain the transmission fluid. After the fluid has drained, install the drain plug.

24. Disconnect the LH suspension.
(1) Disconnect the sway bar link.
(2) Remove the tie rod end nut cotter pin.
(3) Remove the tie rod end retaining nut.
(4) Remove the lower knuckle bolt.

25. Disconnect the RH suspension.
(1) Disconnect the sway bar link.
(2) Remove the tie rod end nut cotter pin.
(3) Remove the tie rod end retaining nut.
(4) Remove the lower control arm knuckle bolt.

26. Using the special tool, disconnect the LH and RH tie rod end from the steering knuckle.

27. Carefully pry down on the LH and RH lower control arms and disconnect the steering knuckle from the lower ball joint and position the steering knuckle aside.
28. Using the special tool, remove the RH outer halfshaft.

29. Using a pry bar between the transaxle case and the LH axle shaft, carefully disconnect the halfshaft from the transaxle case.
30. Remove the retaining screw for the generator shield.

31. Remove the retaining bolt for the generator shield and remove the shield.

32. Disconnect the H02S sensor connector and remove the 2 clips from the oil pan bolt studs.

33. Remove the 2 intermediate shaft retaining nuts.

34. Remove the intermediate shaft.

35. Remove the cross brace.

36. Disconnect the exhaust pipe.
(1) Remove the rubber hanger.
(2) Remove the nuts and disconnect the pipe.

37. Disconnect the front exhaust pipe flange.

38. Disconnect the rear exhaust pipe flange and remove the exhaust pipe.

39. For vehicles equipped with a PTO, remove the rear driveshaft.

40. Position the driveshaft aside.
41. Vehicles equipped with a PTO, remove the RH exhaust manifold to gain access to the PTO bracket.

42. Remove the bolts and the bracket.

43. Remove the bolt for the mount and the 2 bolts for the cross brace.

44. Remove the rear nut and the cross brace.

45. Remove the electrical connectors from the lower mount bracket.

46. Vehicles not equipped with a PTO, remove the dampener.
47. Remove the bolts from the transfer case unit.

48. Remove the transfer case bolt and remove the transfer case unit.

49. Remove the center bolt from the rear transaxle mount.

50. NOTE: It is necessary to lower the transaxle in order to clear the subframe to remove the transaxle.
Lower the transaxle enough to clear the frame.

51. Remove the access cover.

52. Remove and discard the 4 torque converter nuts.

53. Remove the fluid cooler tube.
(1) Disconnect the Output Shaft Speed (OSS) sensor.
(2) Disconnect the Turbine Shaft Speed (TSS) sensor (white connector).
(3) Remove the bolt.
(4) Remove the fluid cooler tube and position it aside.

54. Remove the OSS sensor.

55. Remove the fluid cooler tube.

56. Support the transaxle with a high-lift jack.
57. Remove the bolts.

58. Remove the bolt.

59. Remove the bolt.

60. CAUTION: The torque converter is heavy. Install the special tool before lowering the transaxle.
Move the transaxle back far enough to install the special tool.

61. Lower the transaxle from the engine compartment.

62. If installing a new or remanufactured transaxle, remove the transaxle mount bracket.
