Well, after taking out the passenger seat, taking out the console (what a stupid design), pulling back the carpet, and taking out the access panel (another brilliant design by ford), I finally got the modulator valve out after about 45 minutes of busted knuckles and *****ing. God forbid they give you enough room to actually ACCESS the trans through the access panel.
Well, now I can't get the new valve back in. The only way I got the old one out was to pry with a screwdriver, along with some other choice tools. I'm not sure if the valve is spring loaded or what, but it feels like there is a ton of resistance when I try to slide the new one in. If I push as hard as I can with the little leverage I can get through that hole, it goes in a couple 16th's of an inch. I really don't want to take off the exhaust as it's so rusted I'll have to completely replace it from the manifold back if I take it apart.
Anyone done this from above, and have any ideas on how to get the new valve in? Don't ask me why they would not just use two bolts with a gasket seal on the trans, rather than just shoving it in there.
Well, now I can't get the new valve back in. The only way I got the old one out was to pry with a screwdriver, along with some other choice tools. I'm not sure if the valve is spring loaded or what, but it feels like there is a ton of resistance when I try to slide the new one in. If I push as hard as I can with the little leverage I can get through that hole, it goes in a couple 16th's of an inch. I really don't want to take off the exhaust as it's so rusted I'll have to completely replace it from the manifold back if I take it apart.
Anyone done this from above, and have any ideas on how to get the new valve in? Don't ask me why they would not just use two bolts with a gasket seal on the trans, rather than just shoving it in there.