Shift Shaft Seal

Manual Control Lever Shaft and Seal

Special Tools:

Special Tool(s)
Removal

1. NOTE: When the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms can occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The customer needs to be notified that they may experience slightly different upshifts either soft or firm and this is a temporary condition and will eventually return to normal operating condition.

Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Raise and support vehicle.





3. NOTE: If equipped, transmission servo heat shield needs to be unclipped from the fluid pan rail and positioned out of the way for fluid pan removal.

If equipped, loosen the nut and position the heat shield out of the way.

4. NOTE: It is not necessary to remove the transmission fluid filter to carry out this procedure.

Remove the transmission fluid pan.
5. Remove the digital transmission range (TR) sensor.





6. Remove the manual control valve detent lever spring.
1. Remove the manual control valve detent lever spring screw.
2. Remove the manual control valve detent lever spring.





7. CAUTION: Do not damage the valve inner lever pin.

Remove the manual valve inner lever nut.





8. Separate the manual valve inner lever and the parking lever actuating rod.





9. CAUTION: Do not damage the case fluid pan rail.

Remove the manual control lever shaft spring pin.
^ Tap lightly on each side of the manual control lever shaft spring pin with a drift punch.
^ Pry the spring pin out of its bore.





10. Remove the manual control lever shaft.





11. CAUTION: Do not damage the bore.

Remove the manual control lever shaft seal.

Installation





1. Using the special tool, install the manual control lever shaft seal.
^ Lubricate the manual control lever shaft seal with petroleum jelly.





2. Install the manual control lever shaft.





3. CAUTION: Use care not to damage the fluid pan rail surface when installing the retaining pin.

Align the manual control lever shaft alignment groove with the manual control lever shaft spring pin bore in the transmission case.
^ Tap the manual control lever shaft spring pin into the transmission case.





4. Align flats of the manual valve inner lever with flats on the manual control lever shaft. Install the manual valve inner lever and parking lever actuating rod onto the manual control lever shaft.





5. CAUTION: Do not bend the manual valve inner lever pin.

Install the manual valve inner lever nut.

6. CAUTION: Park pawl actuating rod must be correctly installed into parking pawl and guide cup located in extension housing. Verify park linkage function.

Verify that the output shaft is locked in the PARK position.





7. Install the manual valve detent spring.
8. Install the transmission fluid pan with new pan gasket.





9. If equipped, position the servo heat shield over the servos and clip it to the pan rail.
10. Install the digital transmission range (TR) sensor.
11. Lower the vehicle.

12. NOTE: When the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms can occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The customer needs to be notified that they may experience slightly different upshifts either soft or firm and this is a temporary condition and will eventually return to normal operating condition.

Connect the battery ground cable.
13. Fill the transmission to correct level and check for correct transmission operation.
^ Use MERCON V(R) Automatic Transmission Fluid XT-5-QM meeting Ford specification MERCON V(R).