1974 FORD CAPRI oil dipstick
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104 Chapter 6 Manual g earbox and autom ati c transmission )
PART 1, MANUAL GEARBOX
Gener"l description
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J.1ck up th,! C;lr amI SUPpO'{ on a xle s!;lIlds. m;lklll\j sure lh"lll 'S levI,1 Alt""l.ltlvely PO~III()n Ihe Cill over .111 "lsfH:r.IIUIl I"l 01 on lamps
) US"'~J ,I s\III, II,le SqLl,lIU key. un~r:",w IllI< hiler pili" f'O'l1 Ilw Idt h;1I1d ~I(h, of Ih(, oe"rI)Ox (pholo) Not" Ihm Oil Ihc lo"r-sp<:ed 11".101)0 the hll", ph,O IS 101:
\Jearhoxes . ,11l(1 f,ve·speed ge.1rhoxes m.1nufactlltud ,,(w, M"y 191;1S (!wlld code FIl) the 011 should be level with (]I a milx"num of 5 0 111111 (02 Ill) helow Ihe iJottOIll edne of the ph)~J hole. I: or ('ve-speed !1(;"'IJ()XI!~ m;lIlufactured liP t o Ap,,1 1984 (Iwlld co(ie EG) Ihe 011 "'list I,,, I"v'" W ill, 11,,; bOllom of Ihe plUH hoi" On I,ve· speed Ilca,hox cs "h"nda<:tu,,,,II,(,twe,)Il M"y 198<1 ,IIld 1\.11111 1985 (Iall sulf,x (,n(iIlHI II'
E) the o'("ltI~1 h" ""'w""" 1 0 0 ""d 150 """ (0 <1 alld 0 G 'n) 1,,;low 110" I)()UDl Il "d~I'! of Ihe I'lu~1 hoi,!
G WI",,,! "'";"s~.,,y top "I' l h " lev,,! with II", ~1'(!<:I(oed !jI;I(),., 0 1 001 (phulo)
" n,,(ot and "!Ih,,,n Ihn fill", plu!) Ihen lowe, Ihe "II to lloe ~)lolllHf
-;;e.1l'lJox -rmll()val ancl .efiuinu
If the IJ"ilrl,ox IS to he 'emov"d from Ih e Cill wllhcHJI romovlIIU Ihe ""II"l(J, Ih" !1'''"j,UX IS rumov,!d Irom heneallo lloe car Jnd il (,IIUe wound cle.11
Fig. 6,1 four-spoed \Joarhox (Sec 1)
Fi\J. 6,2 Five-speed !Jcarhox (Sec 1)
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Chapter 6 Manual gearbox and automatic transmission 123
When towing a vehic le wIth automl11ic uansmission it is impoltllllt to observe the precautIons gIven til ,he 'Jading and Towing' se<:,ion at the Iront 01 the manual. Due to the complexity of the au'oma',c tran smission unit. If performance IS not up 10 s tandard, or overhaul is necessary, it IS impera tive that this be left to the locallllain agents who will have the special equipment for fault diagnosis and rectiflcallon. The content of the following sections is thereforc confined to supplying gener", Informl11ion 1'Ind any service information and ins t.uc tion tha i cnn be used by the owner.
19 Routine Illilinte,wno
At the i!lle.vnls SI)CClfiecllll Iho ROllllne Milintennnce seCIlOll in the I.onl 01 th e Illanllal cnllY Oul Ihe follOWIng p'ocp.dwe
Luuricow selector link'1[}() , Applv the h;rrldh.,lke th(:n J,lck \lp the front of Ihc Cill ,'lid Support
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2 Orlthe Irnkn!JCs at cndl end 01 Ihe genrsh ,h rml on the Icfl·hnnd "le 01 Ihe Iransnll~s,on lowel the cnr \0 Iho wound,
Check /mn.Wllissioll fluid level 4 Elrlll!! the engIne and trnnsnllSSlon to nOllllal ope.IlIUl!IIp.llIperillllfe
and I)alk tho vehlchl on le vel grOllnd 5 Wi,h Ihe engIne idllll(l. move tht: 1.,lnsnllSj"on St:leclt>r lev!]r through ill! pOSlllons 1!lIee lImes. Ihen onuaue '1" ,11111 wall for ;rt lea~t one minute. 6 With ,he engine 51111 idling, wllhd.ilW Ihe lr.1nSnllSSIOll d,psllck.
Wipe it dean, reinsert II, wilhd •• 1W 11 for Ihe second !line nnd read off the levol. 7 Two tv pes 01 automatic transnllssion fluid a.e nvarlilblc (sec SpccifiCiltions 10' tv,>c numbe.s) .1nd It is ImpO,I,ln , Ihilt IheV 'lIe nOI mixed. The colour 01 the dipstick. 10' flUId level checklllg denotes which fluid tvpe to use , 8 If a tlr1nsnllssion requlII"U 1,1ter tvpe fluid IS I'lled 10 " to'
adjus'or screw n lew h,fIlS . 13 Tlghlolllhe adJuslo, sOcw to 14 Nm (10 Ihl II) IISIilU a SUItable lo,que wrcnch From Ih,s poSlllon slaCken the adJusle r screw bv exact Iv I'll \Urns (pre·1983 models) or 2 Iwns ( 1983 and late,
model), Ihen tighten Ihe locknut Wllhoul diSlUrblllg Ihe pOsition of Ihe adjuster sc,ow .
14 R econnec t the downshift cable and lowe' Ihe car 10 Ihe ground.
20 Automalic transmission -removal (HId refining
If l)Osslble, ,aise the car on a hOlsl o. place it over an inspectIon pit. Alternatively, it WIll ho necessary 10 Jack up Ihe car to obtain the Illaximum possible amount of wOlking room undernealh. 2 Place a large d.ain pan benealh the transmiss.on sump (011 pan)
Ihen. working horll the ,car, loosen the a!laching boilS and allow ,he lIuld to drain. nemove all thO bohs excep t tho two I.onl ones to draIn as mIlch fluid as pOSSIble, th on temporarilV .efit Iwo bolls at th e re,1I 10 hold it in place . 3 Remove tho Slilrte. moto. as desc.ibed in Chapter 12 . • jWhero apphcable, rernove the access cover Dnd ad3pto, plale bolts,
Ie the engine untrl the to.qu e converter drain plug is visible, then
unsc.ew Iho plug and d.ain Iho Ihud Into a suit3ble con winer. Refl! and l'Uh ten Iho plug.
Fig. 6 .25 Checkill{J tho au tomatic transmission lIuid lovel (Soc 19)
Fig. 6.2 6 FrQ,1 bn'ko band adjustment (Sec 19)
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C Downslu/t Icvel D Downs/u/t c.lblc
Fig. 6.27 Torquo convorter to driveplato boll -arrowod (Sec 20)
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