Installation

INSTALLATION
1. Mount transmission on transmission jack. Then secure transmission to jack with safety chains.
2. Lubricate converter drive hub and oil pump seal lip with transmission fluid. Then install converter. Be sure converter is fully seated in oil pump gears before proceeding. Hold converter in place with C-clamp or strap attached to converter housing.
3. Lubricate the pocket in the rear of the crankshaft, in which the converter pilot hub rides, with a light coating of Mopar High-Temp Grease.
4. Align and position transmission and converter on engine.
5. Remove clamp or strap used to hold torque converter in place.
6. Move transmission forward seat and it on engine. Be sure torque converter hub is fully seated.





7. Install converter housing-to-engine bolts (Fig. 117).
8. Install converter-to-drive plate bolts.
9. Install and connect starter motor.
10. Install and connect crankshaft position sensor.
11. Install transfer case on transmission.
12. Connect transfer case shift linkage and vacuum hoses.
13. Connect exhaust components.
14. Install rear crossmember and remove jack used to support transmission assembly.
15. Connect speed sensor wire harness to sensor.
16. Connect wire harness to the transmission range sensor.
17. Align and connect front and rear propeller shafts.
18. Connect transmission wire harnesses and transfer case vacuum and wire harnesses.
19. Connect transmission cooler lines.
20. Connect transmission throttle cable at engine.
21. Install new O-ring seal on upper half of transmission fill tube. Then connect upper and lower tube halves.
22. Lower vehicle.
23. Fill transmission with Mopar Dexron IIE/ Mercon automatic transmission fluid.