sudden_impulse
07-26-2007, 12:20 PM
1. Let the car completely cool down.
2. Get the right transaxle fluid and filter.
3. Get jackstands, a floor jack, a large drain pan, newspapers for spills, and clean rags.
4. Raise the vehicle with the floor jack and support it with the jack stands (should be able to use the connections of the subframe for this).
5. With drain pan in place, remove the front and side transaxle pan mounting bolts.
6. Loosen the rear pan bolts one turn (only after fluid has pretty much stopped coming out).
7. Carefully pry the transaxle pan loose with a screwdriver, allowing the fluid to drain.
8. Remove the remaining bolts, pan and gasket. Carefully clean the gasket surface of the transaxle to remove all traces of the old gasket and sealant.
9. Drain the fluid from the tranaxle pan, clean the pan with solvent and dry it with compressed air. Be careful not to lose the magent.
10. Remove the filter and pry out the seal (it looks like a short rubber hose, it's inside a passageway near the front of the engine, be careful not to damage the aluminum housing).
11. Push a new filter seal fully into its bore, then install the new filter.
12. Make sure the gasket surface on the new transaxle pan is clean, then install the new gasket (align the plastic pins on the gasket with the holes in the pan, make sure the magnet is clean and in place before installing the pan). Pt the pan in place against the transaxle and install the bolts. Working around the pan, tighten each bolt a little at a time until the final torque figure is reached (the torque is 108 in-lbs, and the manufacturer recommends using new bolts, and coating the threads with a think film of RTV sealant).
13. Lower the vehicle and add the specified amount of automatic transmission fluid through the vent/fill cap and check the fluid level(quite a few threads about this, I have one to help someone with a picture of how to do it).
14. Check under the vehicle for leaks during the first few trips.
2. Get the right transaxle fluid and filter.
3. Get jackstands, a floor jack, a large drain pan, newspapers for spills, and clean rags.
4. Raise the vehicle with the floor jack and support it with the jack stands (should be able to use the connections of the subframe for this).
5. With drain pan in place, remove the front and side transaxle pan mounting bolts.
6. Loosen the rear pan bolts one turn (only after fluid has pretty much stopped coming out).
7. Carefully pry the transaxle pan loose with a screwdriver, allowing the fluid to drain.
8. Remove the remaining bolts, pan and gasket. Carefully clean the gasket surface of the transaxle to remove all traces of the old gasket and sealant.
9. Drain the fluid from the tranaxle pan, clean the pan with solvent and dry it with compressed air. Be careful not to lose the magent.
10. Remove the filter and pry out the seal (it looks like a short rubber hose, it's inside a passageway near the front of the engine, be careful not to damage the aluminum housing).
11. Push a new filter seal fully into its bore, then install the new filter.
12. Make sure the gasket surface on the new transaxle pan is clean, then install the new gasket (align the plastic pins on the gasket with the holes in the pan, make sure the magnet is clean and in place before installing the pan). Pt the pan in place against the transaxle and install the bolts. Working around the pan, tighten each bolt a little at a time until the final torque figure is reached (the torque is 108 in-lbs, and the manufacturer recommends using new bolts, and coating the threads with a think film of RTV sealant).
13. Lower the vehicle and add the specified amount of automatic transmission fluid through the vent/fill cap and check the fluid level(quite a few threads about this, I have one to help someone with a picture of how to do it).
14. Check under the vehicle for leaks during the first few trips.