FG MK1 - XR6 Turbo Automatic Transmission removal (ZFHP26)

[Puffwagon]

I have the same jack. I found that if you drill a big hole in it, you can fit a steel pan to the jack and it will support the trans perfectly. This worked for my zf territory/transfer assembly, should also work for a rwd zf too.

[greasemonkey]

Alright. So I hit a road block again.

I have everything now bolted up and finally together. My last part was finishing to bolt up the rear drive line mount and then put the selector cable on for the shifter.

 

When I installed the shifter cable, I noticed the selector bracket mounted to the left side of the transmission (not the shifter cable itself) is stuck. It is currently in the park position and I can't move it. I installed the shifter cable to determine if the shifter was not adjusted properly or something different with the transmission.

 

The shifter is fine, the cable is fine. Unfortunately the selector linkage that sits on the left hand side of the ZF 6 speed won't move.

How is this controlled within the transmission itself and why could it be stuck?

Trying to think about what I pulled apart. That was the oil pump and part of the E-Clutch came out as it is behind the oil pump. However I pushed and seated the clutch back in which allowed me to install the oil pump correctly.

Anyone have this happen before when installing their transmission. I don't want to have to take the transmission off for a 3rd time?

I found this on the ZF brochure Puff uploaded:

 

 

Would this cause the linkage plate that attaches to the shifter cable to be stuck and not be able to be moved???

Edited 24/11/24 12:24 PM by greasemonkey

[Puffwagon]

I've made the same mistake myself. It has to sit in the middle of da ting and yours will be on one side of it. 

 

No need to remove the trans though, just drop the pan etc, and sort it all out from underneath. Should only take an hour or so to fix, you'd be good at it by now 

[greasemonkey]

Puff, can you explain what you mean? Are you talking about the linkage piston that is circled in the picture that came from the ZF bulletin I used?

I thought I had put it in the middle (which is like the picture but they say that is incorrect). If it is something else in the middle, just elaborate a little. Assume I don't know as much as you believe.

Thanks as always

 

 

I also found this just recently on a BMW forum with the ZF (7 series).

 

My trans has no oil in it at the moment. They replenished oil in this thread and the trans then got out of park. However I am not sure if the gearbox from that forum in that thread is electronic compared with my manual shift lever ZF.

 

https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/stuck-in-park-after-changing-mechatronic-sleeve-and-seals.832479/

[Puffwagon]

8 minutes ago, greasemonkey said:

Are you talking about the linkage piston that is circled in the picture that came from the ZF bulletin I used?

Yes. It's very easy to put it back together wrong the first time you do it. Take the pan off and have a look. Clean your oil catching pan so you can reuse the oil.

 

Edit: just saw you don't have oil in it. Ours is manual park, not electric

Edited 24/11/24 01:40 PM by Puffwagon
Why not?

[greasemonkey]

Okay, that clears up what I thought that it doesn't matter with fluid levels.

Do I have to take the mechatronic off to reset this linkage? Do you have a picture or some website where it shows what it should be set to visually.

Is it meant to touch the brown cylinder little tab thing (the two sides wedge between each). Or is it not meant to touch but be as close as possible?

[Puffwagon]

5 minutes ago, greasemonkey said:

Do I have to take the mechatronic off to reset this linkage?

You gotta drop the valve body iirc. It's been a while since I pulled one apart.

[greasemonkey]

Puff, are you saying you need to pull apart the internals of the mechatronics including the PCB boards etc or just unbolt it?

 

 Just need to see what the position is for that shift linkage brown rod. Can' track down anywhere that has the position setting for that brown rod.

[Puffwagon]

Just unbolt the valve body from the case.

 

Think about what you've taken apart to get to this point, you don't need to take anything else apart now do you?!

 

You'll see what you need to do when you've got it apart. Adjust it and just put 3 bolts back in to test it.

[greasemonkey]

Does this seem right?