General Repair Notes

General Repair Notes, 01V, 5 SPD. A/T
The maximum possible care, cleanliness and proper tools are essential to ensure satisfactory and successful transmission repairs. The usual basic safety precautions also apply when carrying out vehicle repairs.

A number of generally applicable instructions for individual repair procedures, which are otherwise mentioned at various, are summarized here.

Transmission
^ Rules of cleanliness for working on automatic transmissions.
^ Secure torque converter on removed transmission to keep it from falling out.
^ Thoroughly clean all connections and the surrounding area before disconnecting.
^ Place parts that have been removed on a clean surface and cover. Use foils and paper. Use lint-free cloths only!
^ Carefully cover over opened components or seal, if repairs are not carried out immediately.
^ Only install clean components: Only unpack replacement parts immediately prior to installation.
^ After repair work on the transmission, clean ATF lines and ATF cooler, replace ATF strainer.

Impurities in ATF area
If ATF area is very soiled caused by worn friction linings:
^ Disassemble transmission completely and clean, replace ATF oil tubes.
^ Disassemble and check all clutches.
^ Replace torque converter (cannot be cleaned).
^ Replace valve body (cannot be cleaned).
^ Clean ATF lines and ATF cooler, replace ATF strainer.

O-rings, gaskets, seals
^ Always replace O-rings, gaskets and seals.
^ After removing gaskets and seals, always inspect the contact surfaces at housing or shaft for burrs resulting from removal, or for other signs of damage.
^ The open side of the gaskets points toward the fluid to be sealed in.
^ To install, thinly coat gaskets along outer circumference and on sealing lip with ATF.
^ Lightly lubricate O-rings with ATF or Vaseline before installing, this prevents the rings from being pinched when inserting.
^ Use only ATF or Vaseline in areas near ATF. Other lubricating substances cause functional problems in the hydraulic transmission control.
^ When pressing in new gaskets, make sure the sealing lip does not run on the same point as the sealing lip of the old seal (use insertion depth tolerances).
^ Replace paper seals, always clean sealing surfaces and remove old seals completely.

Nuts, bolts
^ Loosen bolts in reverse order of tightening.
^ Tighten and loosen bolts or nuts for securing covers and housings without tightening sequence in diagonal sequence and in stages.
^ The tightening torques stated apply to non-oiled nuts and bolts.
6 Always replace self-locking nuts and bolts.





Circlips
^ Do not over-stretch circlips.
^ Always replace damaged or over-stretched circlips.
^ Circlips must be fully seated in groove.
^ Replace roll pins. Installation position: Slot is longitudinal to line of force.

Mount
^ Slightly grease mount with ATF before inserting.
^ Attach mount and adjustment shims only with Vaseline. Other lubricating substances lead to functional problems in the hydraulic transmission control.

Oil tubes
^ Once removed, oil tubes must always be replaced.
^ If transmission is very dirty, oil tubes must be replaced.