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I gave up on pulling out the oil jet kit I really tried with brute force by simultaneously prying ans pulling. I didn't find or figure out a tool to lift it up. Maybe some kind of spreader (the counterpart of puller).
Now trying to separate the rubber hose from the steel tube of the oil jet to be able to remove the ATF filter pipe.
I gave up on pulling out the oil jet kit I really tried with brute force by simultaneously prying ans pulling. I didn't find or figure out a tool to lift it up. Maybe some kind of spreader (the counterpart of puller).
Now trying to separate the rubber hose from the steel tube of the oil jet to be able to remove the ATF filter pipe.
Try twisting it first. There is NOTHING other than the 1 bolt that holds it in. Tap the bracket with a hammer to see if you can get it to spin. THEN pull it up.
fsttyms1, thanks for all advices regarding the oil jet. I did try everything to no avail.
I am finally able to replace the ATF filter without removing the oil jet kit. It is not necessary since the rubber hose connecting the oil jet and filter pipe is flexible and has enough slack to allow the filter pipe comes off the filter.
Anyway it still is a pita with the tight space for removing the filter bracket, took me this time 2 hours.
I was working step by step according to the DIY and got stuck for 2 days on the oil jet. Just as I gave up trying to remove the oil jet I gave it a try without and it worked.
Note that you dont need to remove the oiljet kit. You can see on the picture, the black line attached to the filter, that line just slides in and out, jiggle it a bit and you can pull it straight out. in order to pull that black line out, you need to trace it down and remove one screw that holds it tight. That's all it is, the rest of the screws are clear. I got the filter at the dealer for 45 bucks, but it is the same as the one from rockauto or amazon.
heh. i call my local stealership to see if they have em in stock, trying to avoid waiting for it online. he didn't even know the 03 TLs had an external filter. he finally found it after looking for a while (and me giving him a part #) & said some stupid 54$ quote...& would have to order it.
then went on to say they never ever replace those. oh well, still can never hurt as o.p'er said
After getting confirmed that there is nothing else holding the oil jet kit, I am not afraid of using brute force any more; but even by prying it from beneath with the biggest screw driver against the bracket and simultaneously pulling the pipe straight up, still it simply won't budge a bit, not one mm.
I gonna figure out if a puller can help.
Looks like I'm going to have to do this soon before I get the oil jet kit installed. That is if they are still doing them as part of the recall. lol.
I remove some pink painted bolt in picture 2 and now my car has a hissing sound. I didn't get to remove the bolt that were attached to the black steel braid. Do you have to unplug your battery before doing this? The (pink painted)bolt that are attached to the gold plate in picture 2, are any of them suppose to bolt on to a connection that seal off a pressure point? I hope I'm making sense.
I remove some pink painted bolt in picture 2 and now my car has a hissing sound when I start the car and my transmission been jerking. I didn't get to remove the bolt that were attached to the black steel braid. Do you have to unplug your battery before doing this? The (pink painted)bolt that are attached to the gold plate in picture 2, are any of them suppose to bolt on to a connection that seal off a pressure point? I hope I'm making sense.
wuz up guys. I think I have to tighten this bolt in this picture tat attached to the tranny. I might have to use a breaker bar. It's the bolt on the right with the red arrow. I hope that makes sense. I had to hijacked this picture cause I'm still trying to figure out how to upload pic and video. It ask for a http something... But I notice hissing sound after I tighten everything. Does anyone know the torque spec of that bolt.
"If you have an oil jet kit installed
remove the hold down bolt, pull out the oil jet and set aside"
I remove the 5th bolt in the 3rd pic of initial posting then remove the hold down bolt but I am unable to pull out the oil jet. It seems something else still holds it back.
Is it done by pulling upward with brute force?
As seen in my picture the battery, air filter housing and air intake tube have been put away otherwise there is not much room to operate.
Do you know the torque spec of the middle bolt in your pic with the 3 red arrow. I remove that bolt and put it back in and know my car has a hissing sound. The bolt is attached to the transmission. I think I have to use a breaker bar to tighten more. Thanks
Successfully swapped out the transmission filter out today. Must say that I feel it has made an improvement to the gear shifts, but this could be due to the fact that I also replaced it during transmission fill #2 of my 3 x 3 transmission fluid fill and drain, so it could be attributed to one or the other, or both.
When I came back to this thread last week, I noticed that the pictures were gone due to some hosting reasons from the website that they were uploaded on. I was able to pull up an archive of this page and re-uploaded the images here for anybody who was curious about what the pictures were on the original how-to:
However I will have to admit that once you know where it is located, you won't really have to rely on any of the pictures. For any of you guys out there that are still looking to replace this, I have a few additional tips that may help:
1) Disconnect and remove the battery from the bay. This isn't hard to do and is very much worth it, unless you want to add 45+ minutes to your job just trying to squeeze your hand and tools in between it and the intake and the multiple cables above it.
2) You only really need to remove 3 bolts. But you will have to be careful not to strip them if you're using an open wrench. I will mark which ones I removed in the photos below.
3) You will spill fluid regardless of how careful you are- since the filter is aligned horizontally, so have some rags readily available.
4) This one is a little more fastidious, but I replaced the filter during a 3x3 transmisson fluid drain and refill cycle (the 2nd of the 3). The reasoning behind this was that I didn't want to replace the filter while using old tranny fluid and have it immediately dirtied, and also didn't want any new fluid contaminated from any old fluid left in the old transmission filter. Doing it in between a drain and refill procedure seemed like the best way to have both of a longer lasting clean fluid and filter.
Again, I only removed 3 bolts and deemed removing any others unnecessary. The best tool to have here is a 1/4" ratchet and 10mm socket. I specify the 1/4" ratchet because using 1/4" socket with an adapter on a 3/8" ratchet will be be just slightly too long to fit into the tiny space given to work the bolts loose from the bracket. I didn't have a 1/4" ratchet on me so I had to rely on an open ended 10mm wrench, which made it a PITA as the bolts were slightly rusted and could tell they were going to strip if I wasn't extra careful.
I'll also point out the bolts from one of the pictures from page 1 since it has a better angle and seems to have been taken from a much cleaner car than mine
I removed the bolt for the cable since it allowed me extra room to operate and turn the wrench. Then removing the 2 bolts from the bracket circled on both pictures allows you to take the entire bracket off along with the seal, then you can just loosen up the filter with a wrench plier.
Also referring to the above pic, getting that last bolt completely out is a another bitch since it's so freakin long, and you will have to perform some sort of miracle to wiggle it out within the confinement of that tiny space.
I read on here afterwards that you should be careful with the rubber seal on the ATF pipe, and looking back I think I was pretty rough with it while trying to re-attach it to the new filter, but I didn't notice any rips or tears while doing so. In any case, for your convenience here is the part # if you want to order it to replace it anyway, because I don't really see why not:
O-Ring (12x2.4) (Keihin)
91301-P7W-003
All in all, it was an hour job tops; would do again.
