Transmission Removal

Automatic Transmission Assembly

REMOVAL

1) Set the vehicle on a lift.
2) Open the front hood.
3) Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
4) Remove the air intake chamber and intake boot. (Non-turbo model) 5) Remove the intercooler. (Turbo model)
6) Remove the air intake chamber stay. (Non-turbo model)





7) Disconnect the following connectors and terminals.

^ Non-turbo model





^ Turbo model





8) Remove the starter.
9) Remove the pitching stopper.





10) Remove the throttle body. (Non-turbo model)
11) Separate the torque converter clutch from the drive plate.

CAUTION:
^ Be careful not to damage the mounting bolts.
^ Be careful not to drop bolts into the converter case.

1) Remove the V-belt covers.
2) Remove the service hole plug.
3) Remove the bolts which hold the torque converter clutch assembly to the drive plate.
4) Place the wrench on the crank pulley bolt, and remove all the bolts while rotating the crank pulley a little bit at a time.
5) Make sure the torque converter moves freely by rotating with finger through the starter installation hole.





12) Attach the ST to the converter case.

ST 498277200 STOPPER SET





13) Remove the ATF level gauge.

NOTE:
Plug the opening to prevent entry of foreign particles into the transmission fluid.





14) Remove the pitching stopper bracket.
15) Disconnect the engine harness, then remove the harness connector from the engine harness bracket. (Non-turbo model)
16) Remove the engine harness bracket. (Non-turbo model)





17) Remove the engine hanger. (Turbo model)





18) Set the ST.

ST 41099AC000 ENGINE SUPPORT ASSY





19) Lift up the vehicle.
20) Remove the under cover.
21) Remove the front, center and rear exhaust pipes and the muffler. (Non-turbo model)
22) Remove the center and rear exhaust pipes and the muffler. (Turbo model)
23) Remove the bolts which hold upper side of transmission to engine.





24) Remove the heat shield cover.





25) Remove the drain plug (ATF) to drain ATF.





26) Disconnect the ATF cooler hoses from the pipes of the transmission side, and remove the oil charge pipe.





27) Remove the propeller shaft.
28) Remove the shift select cable from the inhibitor switch and the transmission.
29) Disconnect the stabilizer link from the front arm.





30) Remove the bolts which secure the front arm ball joint to the front housing, and separate the front arm and housing.





31) Pull out the front drive shaft from the transmission.

1) Using a tire lever or a crow bar, etc., pull out until the front drive shaft transmission side joint slides move smoothly.

NOTE:
Place cloth between the tire lever or bar and the transmission in order to avoid damaging the transmission side retainer.

2) Hold the transmission side joint of the front drive shaft by hand and extract the housing from the transmission while pressing the housing outward, so as not to stretch the boot.

32) Remove the bolts which hold the clutch housing cover.
33) Remove the bolts and nuts which hold lower side of transmission to engine.





34) Place a transmission jack below the transmission.

NOTE:
Make sure that the support plates of transmission jack do not touch the oil pan.

35) Remove the transmission rear crossmember from the vehicle.





36) While lowering the transmission jack gradually, fully retract the engine support, and then tilt the engine rearward.
37) Remove the transmission.

NOTE:
Remove the transmission and torque converter as a single unit from engine.





38) Remove the rear cushion rubber from the transmission assembly.