Selector Shaft: Service and Repair

Removal

1. WARNING: On vehicles equipped with an auxiliary battery, both the negative and positive battery cables must be disconnected.

WARNING: On vehicles equipped with a 7.3L engine, both the primary and secondary batteries must be disconnected.

Note: All gasoline vehicles will have new adaptive shift strategies. Whenever the vehicles battery has been disconnected for any type of service or repairs the strategy parameters that are stored in the Keep Alive Memory (KAM) will be lost. The strategy will start to relearn once the battery is reconnected and the vehicle is driven. This is a temporary condition and will return to normal operating condition once the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) relearns all the parameters from the driving/operating conditions. There is no time frame set for this process. If a concern is present during down shifts or converter clutch apply, it is not the shift strategy and will require diagnosis.

The customer needs to be notified that they may experience slightly different upshifts either soft or firm and that this condition is temporary and will eventually return to normal operating condition.
- Disconnect the battery ground cable.

2. Raise and support the vehicle.





3. Disconnect the shift cable at the manual control lever shaft assembly.





4. Disconnect the connector.





5. Remove the (A) bolts and the (B) digital Transmission Range (TR) sensor.

6. CAUTION: Do not discard the gasket unless damaged. This is a reusable gasket.

With a suitable drain pan properly positioned, drain, then remove the transmission fluid pan and remove the gasket.





1 Loosen, but do not remove, the 20 fluid pan-to-case retaining bolts.
2 Remove the 15 front and side fluid pan-to-case retaining bolts.
3 Lower the front of the fluid pan and allow the fluid to drain.
4 With the fluid pan properly supported, remove the (A) bolts and the (B) fluid pan and gasket.

7. Note: After removal, discard the filter and seal assembly.





Remove the filter and seal assembly by carefully pulling and rotating the filter as necessary.

8. CAUTION: Be careful not to scratch or damage the aluminum bore or the new seal may leak.





If the seal remains in the pump bore, remove it carefully with a small screwdriver so as not to scratch or damage the aluminum bore.

9. Note: A No.53 drill bit (1/16-inch) can be used instead to remove the manual lever shaft retaining pin.





Using the (A) Roll Pin Service Set, remove the (B) manual lever shaft retaining pin.

10. CAUTION: Be careful not to damage the manual control lever bore.

Note: The manual control lever and manual control lever shaft are one piece.

Note: Use a crescent wrench on the manual control lever or outer flats of manual control lever shaft assembly when removing the inner manual valve detent lever nut.





Remove the (A) nut, the (B) inner manual valve detent lever, the (C) parking pawl actuating rod and the (D) manual control lever shaft assembly.





11. Using the (A) Pilot Bearing Universal Remover, remove the (B) manual control lever seal.

Installation

1. Note: Prior to installing the manual control lever seal, clean the bore opening with mineral spirits.





Using the (A) Shift Seal Replacer, install the (B) manual control lever seal.
2. Install the manual control lever shaft assembly.





1 Install the manual control lever shaft assembly.
2 Install and seat the manual lever shaft retaining pin below the case surface.

3 Note: The inner manual valve detent lever must be seated on the flats of the manual control lever shaft assembly, and the parking pawl actuating rod must be through the guide plate.

Note: The manual control valve detent. lever spring must be on the inner manual valve detent lever, and the detent lever pin must align with the manual shift valve.

Install the (A) parking pawl actuating rod and the (B) inner manual valve detent lever.

4 Note: Use a crescent wrench on the manual control lever or the outer flats of the manual control lever shaft assembly when installing the inner manual valve detent lever nut.

Install the inner manual valve detent lever nut.





3. Note: Prior to installation, lightly lubricate seal with clean Motorcraft MERCON V (R) Multi-Purpose (ATF) Transmission Fluid XT-5-QM or equivalent meeting MERCON V (R) specification.

Press the fluid filter and seal assembly into the pump bore until seated.

4. Note: Apply a light coat of petroleum jelly to hold the gasket to the fluid pan.





Position the (A) gasket onto the cleaned fluid pan. Make sure the (B) magnet is positioned over the dimple in the fluid pan.





5. Install the (A) pan with the gasket. Alternately tighten the 20 (B) bolts.
6. Install the digital Transmission Range (TR) sensor.





1 Install the digital TR sensor.
2 Loosely install the bolts.





7. Install the TRS Alignment Tool. The tool is designed to fit snug.





8. Tighten the bolts.





9. Connect the connector.





10. Connect the shift cable to the manual control lever shaft assembly.
11. Lower the vehicle.
12. Connect the battery ground cable.
13. Fill the transmission to the specified level with Motorcraft MERCON V (R) Multi-Purpose(ATF) Transmission Fluid XT-5-QM or equivalent meeting MERCON V (R) specification.