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Cover Assembly: Assembly

  1. Install the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/3 on the cover and adjust the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer to align the bottom edge of the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer with the top edge of the bottom Teflon® seal groove.
    Fig 1: Identifying Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/3
    G06076414Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  2. Install a new Teflon® seal on the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/3.
    Fig 2: Locating Teflon® Seal On Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/3
    G06068571Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  3. Install the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/2 over 307-578/3. Using the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/2, slide the Teflon® seal over the cover and into the groove.
    Fig 3: Identifying Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/2 Over 307-578/3
    G06068572Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  4. Remove the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578.
    • Repeat Steps  1 through 4 for the other 3 Teflon® seals.
    Fig 4: Identifying Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578
    G06076417Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  5. Install the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/1 on the cover to size the 4 Teflon® seals.
    Fig 5: Identifying Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/1
    G06076418Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  6. Install the Reverse Clutch Piston and Retaining Ring Set 307-588/1 and 307-588/2.
    Fig 6: Identifying Reverse Clutch Piston And Retaining Ring Set 307-588/1 And 307-588/2
    G06068575Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  7. Lubricate the sealing surfaces of the low/reverse piston with petroleum jelly and position the low/reverse piston in the cover.
    1. Lubricate the seals.
    2. Position the low/reverse piston in the cover so that the semicircles in the piston are aligned with the indentation in the cover.
    Fig 7: Locating Sealing Surfaces Of Low/Reverse Piston
    G06068576Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  8. Make sure the low/reverse piston bleed hole and semicircle area are aligned with the indentation in the cover and the intermediate cylinder fill hole.
    1. Low/reverse piston bleed hole
    2. Low/reverse piston semicircle area
    3. Cover indentation
    4. Intermediate cylinder fill hole
    Fig 8: Identifying Low/Reverse Piston Bleed Hole
    G06068577Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  9. Position the low/reverse piston in the cover, make sure that the piston bleed hole stays aligned with the indentation in the cover and push the piston in the cylinder using the Reverse Clutch Piston and Retaining Ring Set 307-588/3.
    Fig 9: Locating Piston Bleed Hole
    G06068578Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  10. Remove the Reverse Clutch Piston and Retaining Ring Set 307-588/1 and 307-588/2.
    Fig 10: Identifying Retaining Ring Set 307-588/1 And 307-588/2
    G06068579Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  11. Install the low/reverse piston return spring with the tabs facing down.
    Fig 11: Locating Low/Reverse Piston Return Spring
    G06068580Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  12. Install the Forward/Intermediate Spring Compressor 307-584/2 and the Reverse Clutch Piston and Retaining Ring Set 307-588/3.
    Fig 12: Identifying Forward/Intermediate Spring Compressor 307-584/2 And Retaining Ring Set 307-588/3
    G06076425Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  13. NOTE: Make sure the snap ring is fully seated in the groove before releasing the pressure on the return spring.

    Compress the low/reverse piston return spring, install the snap ring and remove the Forward/Intermediate Spring Compressor 307-584/2 and the Reverse Clutch Piston and Retaining Ring Set 307-588/3.

    Fig 13: Identifying Forward/Intermediate Spring Compressor 307-584/2 And Retaining Ring Set 307-588/3
    G06068582Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  14. Lubricate the sealing surfaces on the intermediate clutch piston with petroleum jelly.
    Fig 14: Locating Sealing Surfaces On Intermediate Clutch Piston
    G06068583Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  15. Install the intermediate clutch piston.
    Fig 15: Installing Intermediate Clutch Piston
    G06068584Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  16. Install the intermediate clutch piston return spring.
    Fig 16: Installing Intermediate Clutch Piston Return Spring
    G06068585Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  17. NOTE: Make sure the snap ring is fully seated in the groove before releasing the pressure on the return spring.

    Install the Forward/Intermediate Spring Compressor 307-584/1 and 307-584/2. Using a press, compress the intermediate clutch piston return spring, install the snap ring and remove the Forward/Intermediate Spring Compressor 307-584/1 and 307-584/2.

    Fig 17: Identifying Forward/Intermediate Spring Compressor 307-584/1 And 307-584/2
    G06068586Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  18. Remove the Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/1.
    Fig 18: Identifying Input Shaft Support Seal Installer 307-578/1
    G06068587Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  19. Lubricate the O-ring seal on the TSS sensor with clean transmission fluid and install the TSS  sensor in the cover and install the bolt.
Fig 19: Locating TSS Sensor And Bolt
G06068588Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
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