Installing Gearbox On Vehicles With 3.2 Ltr. Fsi Engine - Audi A8 2003 Workshop Manual

– Position engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- with gearbox
support -T40173- underneath gearbox and secure with ten‐
sioning strap -1- as shown in illustration.
– Slightly lift gearbox with engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383
A- .
– Remove the last engine/gearbox securing bolt.
– Pull gearbox off dowel sleeves and use engine and gearbox
jack -V.A.G 1383 A- to carefully lower gearbox far enough to
be able to access selector lever cable.
– Use removal lever -80-200- to prise ball head on selector lever
cable off selector shaft lever -arrow-.
– Pull off retaining clip -2- and detach selector lever cable from
gearbox.
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-Item 3- can be disregarded.
– Lower gearbox out of vehicle slowly.
– When lowering gearbox make sure there is sufficient clear‐
ance for drive shaft flanges.
5.4 Installing gearbox on vehicles with 3.2
ltr. FSI engine
Installation is carried out in reverse sequence; note the following:
Note
Before fitting a replacement gearbox, always clean the ATF
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pipes and ATF cooler
ATF filter ⇒ page 83
Renew self-locking nuts and bolts when performing assembly
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work.
Renew oil seals, gaskets, O-rings and bolts which are tight‐
♦
ened by turning through a specified angle.
Secure all hose connections with the correct hose clips (as
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original equipment); refer to ⇒ Electronic parts catalogue .
All cable ties which are released or cut open during removal
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must be fitted in the same position when installing.
– Clean gearbox input shaft splines and damper unit splines on
flywheel. Remove corrosion and apply only a very thin coat of
grease for clutch plate splines -G 000 100- to the splines. It is
important to remove excess grease.
⇒ page 75 and renew the additional
.
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