Disassembly Procedure

Remove the bolts from upper front valve body and upper rear valve body side.

Fig 1: Removing Upper Valve Body Bolts
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Remove the bolts from the lower valve body side.

Fig 2: Removing Lower Valve Body Bolts
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Separate upper front valve body, upper rear valve body, and lower valve body while pressing separator plate and valve body gasket against lower valve body to prevent balls, spring and others from coming out of valve body.

Fig 3: Separating Valve Body
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Remove the solenoid valve A, B, and gasket.
Remove the spring and intermediate coast modulator valve.
Remove the spring and low coast modulator valve.
Remove the torque converter clutch solenoid valve.