Transmission, Repairing

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This repair enables the technician to repair a transmission without having to sell the customer an exchange transmission.

Fig 1: Exploded View Of Transmission Components

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All the clutches and brakes as well as the complete valve body, which are required for the repair, are available as a replacement part. All the gaskets and seals required for the repair are available as a set Electronic Parts Catalog "ETKA".

With the aid of Guided Fault Finding and the table. Refer to Selector elements, position , the faulty selector element can be determined during a test drive.

Fig 2: Exploded View Of Transmission Components

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-B1 - Reverse gear and 1st gear brake

Multi-disc brake

-B2 - 2nd, 4th and 5th gear brake

Multi-disc brake
Refer to installation notes.

-B3 - 1st through 4th gear and reverse gear brake

Band brake

-K1 - 1st through 3rd gear clutch

-K2 - Reverse gear clutch

This clutch is available as a part only together with the K3 clutch.

-K3 - 3rd through 5th gear clutch

This clutch is available as a part only together with the K2 clutch.

-K4 - 5th gear clutch

With freewheel 2 for 1st to 4th gear.

1 - Valve body

Removing and installing, refer to Valve body, removing and installing

2 - ATF screen

3 - ATF cooler

Removing and installing, refer to ATF cooler, removing and installing

It is important always to replace the valve body, the ATF screen and the ATF cooler together with a faulty selector element.

This will prevent the dirty ATF in these parts from reentering the transmission.

The pressure accumulator should also be cleaned. Refer to Planetary transmission, housing cover .