Firebird V8-305 5.0L (1982)
Automatic Transmission Dipstick - Dipstick Tube: Customer Interest
A/T - Fluid Leaks from Fill Tube
Number
86-7-29
Date
7/86
Subject:
FLUID LEAKS FROM FILL TUBE
ALL 1982-86 FIREBIRD AND PARISIENNE MODELS EQUIPPED WITH 700-R4 TRANSMISSIONS (MODEL CODES YAM, Y
Figure 1 - THM 700-R4 Transmission Identification Information
Figure 2 - Control Valve Assembly
BEGINNING NOVEMBER 19, 1985, OR JULIAN DATE 323 (REFER TO FIGURE 1), CERTAIN 1986 THM 700-R4 TRANSMISSION MODELS
(REFER TO MODEL USAGE ABOVE) WERE BUILT WITH A NEW OIL DEFLECTOR ON THE CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY.
THE NEW OIL DEFLECTOR, SECURED TO THE CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY BY TWO EXISTING BOLTS (REFER TO FIGURE 2), WILL
PREVENT TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM SPILLING OUT OF THE OIL FILL TUBE DURING RAPID REVERSE TO DRIVE SHIFT
MANEUVERS.
THE NEW OIL DEFLECTOR CAN BE USED ON ANY 1982 THROUGH 1986 THM 700-R4 TRANSMISSION, EXHIBITING THIS CONDITION,
BY ORDERING SERVICE PART NUMBER 8654702.
