Pontiac FIREBIRD 1972 Service Manual page 1079

TURBO HYDRA-MATIC (M-38) TRANSMISSION 7G-4 1
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SEAL
Fig. 7 6 - 4 8 Removing Governor Cover
VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY
REMOVE
1. Remove oil pan attaching bolt and washer assemblies
(13), oil pan and oil pan gasket. Discard gasket.
2. Remove oil pump strainer-to-valve body attaching
screws (2) aid remove oil pump strainer and gasket
(Fig. 76-49).
3. Remove retaining bolt and detent roller and spring
assembly from valve body.
Fig. 7G-50 Removing Support Plate
4. Remove sixteen (16) of remaining seventeen (17)
valve body-to-case attaching bolts, complete draining
fluid from transmission, move transmission to hori-
zontal position and remove last body-to-case bolt.
5. While removing valve body assembly, disconnect
manual control valve link from range selector inner
lever and remove detent control valve link from de-
tent actuating lever on valve body (Fig. 7G-45).
6. Remove valve body-to-spacer plate gasket.
7. Remove seven (7) spacer support plate bolts and
remove spacer support plate from case (Fig. 7G-50).
IVALVEBODYSPACER
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Fig. 7G-49 Removing Strainer Attaching Screws Fig. 7G-5 1 Removing Spacer Plate and Gasket