Lower Valve Assembly: Removal
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2003 Cadillac Seville and 2003 Cadillac DeVille. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove the bottom pan and seal, scavenge screens, and the lip seals. See DRAINING & REFILLING
under LUBRICATION. Remove the bolts (534) from the oil transfer plate (956) and wire harness extension retaining clip. See Fig 1
. Remove the oil transfer plate (956). Disconnect the wire harness extension (943) from the wire harness assembly (12). See Fig 2
.NOTE: Do not reuse retainer (915), it must be replaced. See Fig 3 .
- Use a small screwdriver in order to disconnect the manual valve link retainer (915) from the manual valve link (913).NOTE: Do not pry against the internal mode switch assembly.
- Remove the manual valve and link assembly link (913) out of the inside detent lever (17). Remove the 2 nuts (955) and the 14 bolts (958) from the lower control valve body assembly (903). See Fig 4 .
- Remove the lower valve assembly (consisting of the channel plate, control valve body, accumulator assembly, and wire harness extension) from the transaxle case as a single unit.
- For disassembly of the lower control valve body assembly, see appropriate OVERHAUL article.