
UNITIZED TRANSAXLE
Unitized Transaxle Installation
Page 16-18
2005 FE350 Gasoline Vehicle Maintenance and Service Supplement
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Unitized Transaxle Installation, Continued:
17. If equipped with a stabilizer bar, use the floor jack to position the powertrain, and install the stabilizer bar.
See Section 9 – Rear Suspension in the appropriate maintenance and service manual.
18. Position shocks in the shock mounts and install cushions, mounting washers and nuts
(Figure 16-42,
Page 16-18)
. Tighten nuts until cushions expand to be the same diameter as the mounting washers.
19. Connect brake cables.
See Brake Cable Installation, Section 6 – Wheel Brake Assemblies, in the
appropriate maintenance and service manual.
20. Connect the engine kill switch wire (18-gauge white/black) to the bullet connector at the lower right front
of the engine
(Figure 16-43, Page 16-18)
.
21. Install three wire ties to secure the engine kill wire to the accelerator cable where they both route together
on the passenger side of the engine.
22. Connect the oil level sensor wire (18-gauge yellow) to the jumper wire
(Figure 16-44, Page 16-18)
.
23. Connect the 6-gauge white wire to the F2 post, the 6-gauge black ground wire to the A2 post and tighten
both wires to 48 in-lb (5.4 N·m). Connect the 16-gauge yellow wire to the DF post on the starter/generator
and tighten to 30 in-lb (3.4 N·m)
(Figure 16-45, Page 16-18)
.
Figure 16-42 Shock Absorber
Figure 16-43 Ignition Kill Wire
Figure 16-44 Oil Level Sensor Jumper wire
Figure 16-45 Starter/Generator
Connect shock
absorbers at
lower mounts.
WHITE/BLACK
WIRE
BLACK
WIRE
STARTER/
GENERATOR
YELLOW
OIL SENDING
UNIT JUMPER
WIRE
DF
F2
Connect
6-Gauge
White Wire.
Connect 16-Gauge
Yellow Wire.
Connect ground
wire at
A2 Terminal.