Transmission Removal And Installation; Pickup Removal/Installation; Glc (Rwd) Removal - Mazda 1983 RX7 Service Manual

ARTICLE BEGINNING
Automatic Transmission Removal
1983 MAZDA
PICKUP
REMOVAL
1) Raise vehicle and support with safety stands. Disconnect
battery tube. Remove shift rod from right side of transmission case.
Remove bolts and nuts attaching exhaust pipe and catalytic converter.
2) Remove solenoid and inhibitor switch connector. Remove
speedometer cable. Remove drive shaft. Fit main shaft holder (49 0259
440) into main shaft in transmission case to prevent oil leak. Remove
starter and gusset plates.
3) Remove lower covers from front and rear of engine. Remove
converter housing bolts.Remove vacuum pipe clip. Remove bolt, pipe
clip and installation blot from left side of transmission.
4) Remove connector bolts and washers from left side of
transmission. Remove engine hanger. Remove clip and bolt from top of
converter housing. Remove oil filter pipe and level gauge.
5) Securely support transmission with hydraulic jack. Remove
transmission mounts. Cover oil filter pipe and connector bolt mounting
hole on transmission case.
6) Insert screwdriver through torque converter installation
hole in drive plate. Press against torque converter to prevent it form
separating when transmission is removed. Remove transmission-to-engine
bolts and slowly lower transmission out of vehicle.
INSTALLATION
Reverse removal procedure to install transmission. After
transmission is installed, rotate cranshaft several times to be sure
that transmission rotates freely without binding.
GLC (RWD), 626 & RX-7
REMOVAL
1) Disconnect negative battery cable. On RX-7, remove air
cleaner, converter housing upper and side covers, and top bolts
attaching transmission to engine. On models so equipped, disengage
torsion shaft from accelerator linkage. Raise vehicle and support with
safety stands
2) Drain fluids from transmission. Remove drive shaft. Use
output shaft to prevent oil leakage from rear of transmission. Remove
any exhaust pipe from manifold. Disconnect shift linkage from manual
shaft on transmission
3) Disconnect all electrical and vacuum leads from
transmission. Disconnect speedometer cable. Remove oil filter tube
TRANSMISSION REMOVAL & INSTALLATION - A/T
1983 Mazda RX7
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