Caution: Ensure that the vehicle is properly supported and squarely positioned. To help avoid personal injury when a vehicle is on a hoist, provide additional support for the vehicle on the opposite end from which the components are being removed.

1. Position the vehicle on the hoist and raise the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.



2. Remove the left wheel and tire assembly.



3. Remove the left-hand splash shield.



4. Remove the front pitch restrictor-to-transaxle bolts.



5. Remove the front pitch restrictor through-bolt and the front pitch restrictor.



6. Remove the transaxle oil cooler lines from the transaxle.

6.1.	Place a drain pan or suitable container under vehicle.

6.2.	Remove the transaxle oil cooler line assembly nut from the transaxle.

6.3.	Remove the transaxle oil cooler lines from the vehicle




7. Remove the bolts (28) and washers from the control valve body cover (29).

Important: Do not damage the transaxle control valve body cover, case, or sealing surfaces.

8. Remove the control valve body cover.




Important: Do not bent the solenoid wire connector pins.

9. Disconnect the solenoid wire connectors.

9.1.

Blue (1)

9.2.

Black (2)

9.3.

Green (3)

9.4.	Black  (4)

9.5.

Blue (5)

9.6.

Gray (6)

9.7.

Green (7)

9.8.

Gray (8)




10. Remove the fluid temperature sensor bolt.
11. Remove the fluid temperature sensor clamp.
12. Remove the fluid temperature sensor and O-ring.




Important: Do not break the wiring harness connectors or the fluid temperature sensor. Remove the harness only for TFT replacement or damaged wiring.

13. Remove the wiring harness from the clamps.
14. With a twisting motion remove the complete wiring harness assembly.




Important: Place the transaxle in neutral (N) position.

15. Remove the control valve body fluid passage cover bolts, cover, and gasket.



16. Remove the valve body assembly to transaxle case bolts (1,2,3,4,5,6).



17. While holding the valve body assembly, disconnect the manual shift detent lever assembly from the manual valve link.
18. Move the detent lever assembly clockwise for ease of removing the manual valve.
19. Remove the valve body assembly from the vehicle.



20. Remove the case fluid passage seals and discard.

1. Install new case fluid passage seals onto the transaxle case.
2. Shift transaxle into neutral (N) position.



3. While holding the valve body assembly, connect the manual shift detent lever assembly to the manual valve link.



4. Install the valve body assembly-to-transaxle case bolts (34,35,47) and hand tighten.

Notice: Refer to Fastener Notice in the Preface section.




5. Tighten the valve body assembly-to-transaxle case bolts in the sequence shown.

Tighten
Tighten the bolts to 10 N·m(89 lb-in).




6. Install a new control valve body fluid passage cover gasket.
7. Install a new control valve body fluid passage cover.
8. Install the M6 X 1.0 X 50 mm control valve body bolts.

Tighten
Tighten the bolts to 10 N·m(89 lb-in).





Important: Apply transaxle fluid to the new fluid temperature sensor O-ring.

9. Install a new O-ring seal onto the wiring harness.
10. Install the wiring harness.




Important: Apply transaxle fluid to the new O-ring

11. Install the new O-ring into the groove of the fluid temperature sensor.
12. Install the fluid temperature sensor into the valve body.
13. Install the fluid temperature sensor clamp.
14. Install the fluid temperature sensor bolt.

Tighten
Tighten the bolt to 10 N·m(89 lb-in).





Important: Do not bend solenoid wire connector pins.

15. Connect the solenoid harness connectors in the following order:

15.1.

Blue (1)

15.2.

Black (2)

15.3.

Green (3)

15.4.

Black (4)

15.5.

Blue (5)

15.6.

Gray (6)

15.7.

Green (7)

15.8.

Gray (8)





Important: The cover and transaxle must be free of dirt, gasket material and debris in order to seal properly.

16. Clean and inspect the valve body cover and transaxle gasket surfaces for gasket material and debris.
17. Install RTV sealer Saturn P/N 89020326 onto the control valve body cover.



18. Install the control valve body cover onto the transaxle case.
19. Apply threadlocker Saturn P/N 21485277 to the bolts. Hand tighten the bolts.



20. Tighten the valve body cover bolts using the sequence shown.

Tighten
Tighten the bolts to 13 N·m(10 lb-ft)




21. Install the transaxle cooler lines to the transaxle.
22. Install the transaxle oil cooler line assembly nut.

Tighten
Tighten the transaxle oil cooler line nut to 7 N·m(62 lb-in)




23. Install the front pitch restrictor through-bolt.

Tighten
Tighten the front pitch restrictor through-bolt to 110 N·m(81 lb-ft)




24. Install the front pitch restrictor to the transaxle.

Tighten
Tighten the front pitch restrictor bolts to 50 N·m(37 lb-ft)




25. Install the left-hand splash shield.
26. Install splash shield push pins.



27. Install the left wheel and tire assembly.
28. Install the wheel nuts and tighten in a crisscross pattern.

Tighten
Tighten the wheel nuts to 125 N·m(92 lb-ft)




29. Install a new front axle to knuckle nut and tighten.

Tighten
Tighten the front axle shaft hub nut to 205 N·m(151 lb-ft)

30. Lower the vehicle.

Notice: Saturn automatic transaxle fluid (ATF), P/N 21005966 and P/N 21019223, is not compatible with this transaxle. If Saturn ATF is used, transaxle damage will result. This transaxle uses Saturn T-IV fluid P/N 22689186.

31. Add fluid to the transaxle as necessary. Refer to the Transmission Fluid Replacement procedure located in this service manual.
32. Start the engine and check for leaks.

Important: It is recommended that transmission adaptive pressure (TAP) information be reset.

Resetting the TAP values using a scan tool will erase all learned values in all cells. As a result, The ECM, PCM or TCM will need to relearn TAP values. Transmission performance may be affected as new TAP values are learned.
33. Reset the TAP values. Refer to Transmission Adaptive Functions .