Operation CHARM: Car repair manuals for everyone.

Procedure A

1. Raise the vehicle with an appropriate hoist.

2. Clean the transaxle oil pan and mating area thoroughly, preferably with steam.

3. Remove the transaxle oil pan. Remove all sealant from the transaxle oil pan and clean the inside the oil pan and magnet.





4. Using special tool CA553, remove the 2 screws attaching the transaxle oil filter. Separate the transaxle oil filter and gasket from the valve body and discard (refer to Figure 1).





5. Remove the parking rod E-clip and disconnect the parking rod from the valve body (refer to Figure 2).





6. Remove the neutral start/back-up lamp switch (refer to Figure 3).

7. Remove the 7 valve body attaching bolts and separate the valve body and governor tubes from the transaxle.








8. DO NOT CLAMP ANY PORTION OF THE VALVE BODY IN A VISE. Using special tool 0-4553 remove the 16 valve body screws (refer to Figure 4) Separate the transfer plate and separator plate from the valve body(refer to Figure 5). Discard the separator plate.





9. Install the revised separator plate (PIN 4659533 with the number 3 punched out refer to Figure 6) and assemble the valve body. Torque the 16 valve body screws to 40 in. lbs. (5 Nm).

10. Attach the valve body to the transaxle assembly. Torque the 7 attaching bolts to **105 in. lbs. (12 Nm).**

11. Install and torque the neutral start/back-up lamp switch to 24 ft. lbs. (33 Nm).

12. Attach the parking rod to the valve body with the parking rod E-clip.

13. Install a new transaxle oil filter and trans axle oil filter gasket, P/N 4269649 and 4269671. Torque the 2 attaching screws to 40 in. lbs.(5 Nm).

14. Apply Mopar RTV Sealant, P/N 4318025, to the mating surface of the transmission oil pan and the underside of the attaching bolt heads. Install the transmission oil pan and torque the bolts to 165 in.lbs. (19 Nm).

15. Pour 4 quarts Mopar Automatic Transmission Fluid Type 7176, P/N 4467721, through the dipstick opening.

16. Start the engine and allow to idle for a minimum of one minute. With the parking brake and the service brakes applied, move the gear selector lever momentarily to each gear position. Place the gear selector lever in either park or neutral.

17. Check the transaxle fluid level and add an appropriate a mount of transmission fluid to bring the level to 1/8 in. (3 mm) below the ADD mark on dipstick.

18. Recheck the fluid level after the transaxle is at normal operating temperature. The level should be in the HOT range of the dipstick.