Ninety-Eight V6-252 4.1L VIN 4 4-BBL (1982)
Clutch: Customer Interest
A/T - Delayed Park or Neutral to Drive Shift Engagement
SUBJECT:
DELAYED PARK/NEUTRAL TO DRIVE SHIFT ENGAGEMENT - NEW FORWARD CLUTCH HOUSING
ASSEMBLY
MODELS/YEARS:
1981-87 CUTLASS SUPREME, 1988 CUTLASS
SUPREME CLASSIC, 1981-85 EIGHTY-EIGHT, 1981-89 CUSTOM CRUISER, 1981-84 NINETY-EIGHT MODELS
EQUIPPED WITH THM 2004R (MW9) TRANSMISSION
NUMBER:
89-T-46
CORP. REF. NO: 977102R
DATE:
February 1989
SECTION:
7A
BULLETIN COVERS:
Service and parts information for a new forward clutch housing and shaft assembly. The new assembly has a larger forward clutch feed orifice in the
forward clutch shaft. The new forward clutch housing and shaft assembly may address a delayed drive engagement concern (refer to "Service Action").
There are no changes to the forward clutch die cast piston and clutch pack that were introduced with the neutral to drive (feed-bleed) garage shift
package (refer to Dealer Technical Bulletin 87-T-27).
FIGURE 1 - THM 200-4R TRANSMISSION IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
DATE OF PRODUCTION CHANGE: (Figure 1)
August 24, 1988, Julian Date 237, the now forward clutch housing assembly introduced on all 1989 THM 200-4R models.
FIGURE 2
