Valve Body: Disassembly

Remove oil filter from lower valve body. Remove shift and duty solenoid assemblies, and ATF temperature sensor from lower valve body. See Figure . Remove upper-to-lower valve body bolts. Separate valve body halves. DO NOT lose 10 steel balls located in middle and upper valve bodies, or 3 filters located in lower valve body. See Figure . Remove upper separator plate from middle valve body. Remove accumulator springs from upper valve body. Intermittently apply compressed air to appropriate accumulator feed port in upper valve body and remove accumulator pistons. See Figure .