Pontiac FIREBIRD 1972 Service Manual page 1036

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TWO SPEED AUTOMATIC (M-35) TRANSMISSION
7F-49
Fig. 7F-79 Installing Valve Body
Fig. 7F-80 Installing Detent Guide Plate
2. Position new gasket on case and install valve body
assembly while carefully guiding servo apply line into
its boss in case as valve body is being set into place
(Fig. 7F-79). Also, make sure that range selector in-
ner lever properly picks up the manual control lever.
3. Install six (6) valve body-to-case attaching bolts and
evenly torque to 15 lb. ft.
4. Install range selector roller spring to spring retainer
and range selector detent lever.
5. Install new gasket and suction screen to valve body,
torquing its two (2) attaching screws to 2 1/2 lb. ft.
6. Install detent guide plate to valve body and torque its
two (2) attaching bolts to 15 lb. ft. (Fig. 7F-80).
7. Install vacuum modulator valve and dampening
spring (spring end out) into case bore and valve body,
insert modulator plunger into modulator body and
screw vacuum modulator body and gasket into case
bore. Torque to 15 lb. ft., using Wrench J 9543 (or
thin 1" tappet type wrench).
8. Install new gasket and oil pan to case with fourteen
(14) oil pan attaching bolts. Torque bolts evenly to 8
lb. ft.
9. Adjust low brake band as follows (Fig. 7F-81):
a. Hold adjusting screw lock nut 1/4 turn loose and,
using Band Adjusting Tool J 21848, tighten ad-
justing screw to 70 lb. in torque.
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b.
Then, back off adjusting screw by exactly four (4)
complete turns for a used band (in operation for
6,000 miles or above) or by exactly three (3) com-
plete turns for a new brake band (less than 6,000
miles usage).
c. Holding adjusting screw stationery, tighten the
adjusting screw lock nut to 15 lb. ft. torque.
d. Remove tools and install protective cap on adjust-
ing screw.
CONVERTER
INSTALL
1. Install converter into transmission, rotating con-
verter so that it engages into drive lugs of oil pump
drive gear.
Fig. 7F-81 Adjustment of Low Brake Band