Acura 3.5 RL Manual page 557

1. Install the torque converter housing separator plate
and three dowel pins on the torque converter hous-
ing.
2. Install the ATF pump drive gear, ATF pump driven
gear, ATF driven gear shaft, torque converter check
valve, and spring on the torque converter housing.
NOTE: Install the ATF pump driven gear with its
grooved and chamfered side facing down.
ATF PUMP DRIVEN
GEAR SHAFT
ATF PUMP
DRIVEN GEAR
Grooved and chamfered
side faces separator
plate.
3. Loosely install the ATF pump body with two 8 mm
bolts and three 6 mm bolts. Make sure the ATF
pump drive gear rotates smoothly in the normal
operating direction, and the ATF pump driven gear
shaft moves smoothly in the axial and normal oper-
ating directions.
ATF PUMP
DRIVEN GEAR
SHAFT
ATF PUMP
DRIVE GEAR
TORQUE CONVERTER HOUSING
SEPARATOR PLATE
ATF PUMP
DRIVE GEAR
4. Install the accumulator body (seven bolts and eight
special bolts).
5. Install the two dowel pins on the accumulator body,
then install the accumulator cover while pressing it
down (four bolts).
6. Tighten the bolts on the ATF pump body to the
specified torque. Make sure the ATF drive gear and
the ATF driven gear shaft move smoothly.
7. If the ATF pump drive gear and ATF driven gear
shaft do not move freely, loosen the bolts on the
ATF pump body, and remove the accumulator cover
and accumulator body.
8. Realign the ATF pump driven gear shaft, reinstall
the accumulator body and the accumulator cover,
then retighten the bolts on the ATF pump body to
the specified torque. Recheck the ATF drive gear
and the ATF driven gear shaft movement.
CAUTION: Failure to align the ATF pump driven
gear shaft correctly will result in seized ATF pump
gears or a seized ATF pump driven gear shaft.
9. Install the regulator separator plate and two dowel
pins on the ATF pump body.
10. Install the Stator shaft with a new O-ring and stop
shaft.
11. Install the regulator valve body (eight 6 mm bolts
and one 8 mm bolt).
12. Install the ATF feed pipes on the accumulator body.
13. Install the park rod assembly with the detent lever
on the control shaft, and install the detent spring on
the transmission housing, if necessary (see page
14-179).
14. Assemble the mainshaft sub-assembly (see page
14-154).
15. Assemble the countershaft sub-assembly (see page
14-158).
16. Install the secondary driven gear shaft in the torque
converter housing.