A/T - ATX FLC No Movement In Any Direction After Rebuild
Technical Bulletin # 88-15Date: March 1988
Subject: FORD ATX
PROBLEM:
No movement in any direction with the ATX-FLC (Fluid Locking Converter) transmission used in the Ford Tempo and Topaz Vehicles after transmission removal and reinstallation.
CAUSE:
May not have installed torque converter turbine sleeve. This sleeve splines to the turbine in the torque converter and has inside splines for the direct and intermediate shafts. The sleeve may stay in the torque converter or remain on the direct and intermediate shafts when the torque converter is removed. It may also fall out when draining the torque converter. The part number for the torque converter turbine sleeve is E7SZ-7A878-A.