Transmission Side Cover; Tempest Floor Shift Controls - Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual

7B-4
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PONTIAC SERVICE MANUAL
TRANSMISSION SIDE COVER 2. Install detent cams, detent cam retainer, shifter
shafts and forks and detent cam spring.
REMOVE
3. Attach side cover to transmission case.
It is not necessary to remove transmission from vehicle
for inspection or replacement of parts in transmission
side cover assembly, but cover itself must be removed
from transmission case (Fig. 7B-9).
1. Loosen side cover bolts to allow transmission fluid
to drain.
2. Disconnect control rods from levers.
3. Remove side cover from transmission case.
4. Disassemble side cover by removing detent cam
spring, shifter forks and shafts, detent cam retainer
and detent cams.
5. Inspect and replace necessary parts.
6. Inspect shifter shaft O-rings and replace if neces-
sary.
REPLACE
1. Install shifter shaft O-rings if removed.
4. C o ~ e c t control rods to levers.
5. Refill transmission.
NOTE: Detent cams, shifier shafts and forks are
interchangeable.
MAJOR REPAIRS
TRANSMISSION
REMOVE
1. Disconnect speedometer cable.
2. Disconnect transmission shifter levers (1st & Re-
verse atld 2nd & 3rd) from transmission shifter shafts
(Figs. 7B-1 and 7B-2). On floor shift control cars, also
remove two (2) shifter assembly-to-extension support
bolts (Figs. 7B-3 and 7B-4).
SHIFT LEVER WITH
ALIGNMENT PIN IN
PLACE (NEUTRAL POSITION)
CONSOLE MOULDING
(ESCUTCHEON) SHIFT CONTROL
LEVER (BUCKET SEAT)
TORQUE SYMBOL IS ADJACENT
TO CALLOUT FOR MEMBER TO
B E TORQUED.
CONTROL ROD
Fig. 76-3 Tempest Floor Shift Controls