Pontiac tempest 1968 Service Manual page 399

7B-4 1968 P O N T I A C SERVICE MANUAL
ROD (1 & R) T R U N N I O N S
F i g . 7 B - 3 Tempest Floor Shift Controls
TRANSMISSION SIDE COVER-
ASSEMBLE AND INSTALL
1. Install shifter shaft O-rings if removed.
2. Install detent cams, detent cam retainer, shifter
shafts and forks and detent cam spring.
3. Attach side cover to transmission case.
4. Connect control rods to levers.
5. Refill transmission.
NOTE: Detent cams, shifter shafts and forks are
interchangeable.
MAJOR REPAIRS
TRANSMISSION-REMOVE
1. Disconnect speedometer cable.
2. D i s c o n n e c t shift c o n t r o l rods f r o m
transmission.
3. Scribe a mark on companion flange and shaft
yoke to assure proper reassembly and remove
propeller shaft.
4. Support rear of engine and remove transmis­
sion mount.
NOTE: On Firebird 6-cyl., remove driveline
damper (Fig. 7B-26).
5. Remove four (4) crossmember bolts and slide
member rearward.
6. Remove two (2) upper transmission to clutch
housing bolts and insert guide pins J 1126.
7. Remove two (2) lower transmission to clutch
housing bolts.
8. Slide transmission straight back on guide pins
until main drive gear splines are free of splines in
clutch friction plate.
9. Remove transmission.