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Servicing, notes 
      The maximum possible care, cleanliness and 
proper tools are essential to ensure satisfactory 
and successful transmission repairs. The usual 
basic safety precautions also apply when 
carrying out vehicle repairs.  
      A number of generally applicable instructions for 
individual repair procedures, which are otherwise 
mentioned at various points in the Repair 
Manual, are summarized here. They apply to this 
Repair Manual. They apply to this Repair 
Manual.  
     
Special tools and equipment  
     For a complete list of special tools used in this 
repair manual: see "Special tools and equipment" 
or "Special tools". 
     
Transmission  
     
Rules of cleanliness for working on automatic 
transmissions  page 37
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Do not run engine with the oil pan removed or 
without ATF filling and do not tow vehicle. 
     Secure torque converter on removed 
transmission to keep it from falling out. 
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Valve body  
     
Replace valve body if shift members are 
burnt. 
     The valve body is allocated to the transmission 
code letters   parts catalog. 
     
Guided Troubleshooting, Vehicle On Board 
Diagnostic (OBD) and Test Instruments  
    
On Board Diagnostic (OBD) is described in:  
 Repair Manual, 5 Spd. Automatic Transmission 01V On Board Diagnostic (OBD), Repair Group 01, Performing On Board Diagnostic (OBD)
   
Before performing repairs on the automatic transmission, the 
malfunction cause must be determined as precisely as possible via 
the VAS5051 Tester in operating modes "Guided Troubleshooting", 
"Vehicle Self-Diagnosis" and "Test Instruments." 
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