Removing Governor Assembly; Removal Of Oil Pan, Oil Filter And Valve Body; Removing Filter Attaching Screws; Removing Filter And Gasket - Pontiac TRANS AM 1977 Service Manual

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TURBO HYDRA-MATIC 350 TRANSMISSION
7A3-19
Fig. 7A3-18 Removing Governor Assembly
4. Remove filter assembly and gasket.
5. Install new oil filter to valve body gasket on filter.
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Install new filter assembly.
6. Install new gasket on oil pan and install pan. Tighten
attaching bolts to 13 lb. ft.
7. Lower car and add 3 pints of transmission fluid
through filler tube.
8. With manual control lever in Park position, start
engine. DO NOT RACE ENGINE. Move manual control
lever through each range.
9. Immediately check fluid level with selector lever in
Park, engine running, and vehicle on LEVEL surface.
10. Add additional fluid to bring level between the two
small dimples located below the "ADD" mark on the
dipstick. Do not overfill.
REMOVAL OF OIL PAN, OIL FILTER
A N D VALVE BODY
Removal of Oil Pan
1. Remove (13) oil pan attaching screw and washer
assemblies, oil pan and gasket.
Removal of Oil Filter
1. Remove two (2) filter assembly to valve body
attaching screws (Fig. 7A3-19).
2. Remove filter and gasket from valve body (Fig. 7A3-
20).
Removal of Valve Body
1. Remove detent roller and spring assembly from valve
body. Remove valve body to case attaching bolts (Fig. 7A3-
2 1).
2. Remove valve body from case while carefully guiding
manual valve link from range selector inner lever. Remove
detent control valve link from detent actuating lever.
Fig. 7A3-19 Removing Filter Attaching Screws
Fig. 7A3-20 Removing Filter and Gasket
I E T E N T C O N T R O L
Fig. 7A3-21 Valve Body Assembly
3. Remove valve body to spacer plate gasket (Fig. 7A3-
22).
The spacer plate to valve body will have a new gasket
with a yellow ink stripe. The yellow ink stripe is necessary
for identification purposes. The gasket is now almost identical

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