Transmission Identification

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Fig 1: Locating Transmission Identification

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GKF -
Transmission Code
10.05.2 -
May 10, 2002
14 -
Plant Code
14 15 -
Time
001 -
Serial Number

On some transmissions, additional code letters are applied at the top of the transmission in the vicinity of the selector lever cable -arrows-.

Fig 2: Locating Additional Code Letters (Some Transmissions)

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The transmission code is also listed on the vehicle data label.

If the vehicle data label is not available, a different transmission was accidentally installed or there is no definite way to identify the installed transmission: Read the transmission code.

Read the code directly off the transmission, refer to TRANSMISSION CODE LETTER, READING .