[quote author=Krusher link=board=5;threadid=8501;start=0#62665 date=1031259104]<br>[quote author=74bronc link=board=5;threadid=8501;start=0#62658 date=1031258288]<br>Yes, you have to pull the valve body off to get the shaft and seal out. Easy job if you know how to take the valve body out without jacking anything up. <br>[/quote]<br><br>Thanks, can you explain what you mean by "jacking anything up"? Never fooled with trannys. I'm told theres quite a few little check balls and springs in the valve body..... "DON'T LOSE THEM".<br>[/quote]<br><br>Sorry, I was being a little vague. Anyway, there really isn't too much you can mess up on the C-4 valve body. First, you have to take the filter off. If you have never done this before, be careful of a spring and check valve that are compressed under a tab of the filter itself. They sometimes fall out and friek the person out. They are really no big deal, but pay attention to how they come out. Once you get the filter off, you can loosen the actual valve body bolts. The valve body WILL NOT come apart when you do this. The check balls are inside the valve body and once you get it out of the C-4 housing, you will notice that the 2 halves of the valve body are held together with a few bolts that can only be accessed from the top side of the valve body (the side against the tranny case). Once you get the whole valve body out, you will see the shift linkage that you need to take apart to get to that little damn seal. The only thing you need to pay attention to on the way back together is to make sure to get the shifter lever in the groove on the valve that slides in and out of the valve body is in the right spot and to make sure you get the kickdown lever into the right spot with relation to the spring loaded valve on the valve body. <br><br>I hope this made sense. I know I rambled quite a bit. Please don't be afraid of taking it on, because it is really not too hard of a job. The C-4 is actually pretty easy to work on. I have alot of experience with Auto trannies because I worked in a shop and rebuilt them for a few years, so they don't intimidate me anymore like they used to. I have an extra valve body laying around and I can take a few pics of it if you want. It might give you a better visual idea of what you are doing before you start.
<br><br>By the way...some moron had tried to fix the leak with an O-ring. The seal is actually a tiny lip seal. I bought a seal and rebuild kit for $30 just to get the couple of seals I needed. 
