A I T E N T I Gl N SOME TRANSAXLES TRANSMISSIONS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE AS ASSEMBLIES ONLY FROM ONE MODEL YEAR TO A LATER MODEL YEAR THEREFORE VERIFY MODEL YEAR ON TRANSAXLES TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE ORDERING COMPONENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING CHARTS EXAMPLE 1984 A ME9 W CODE 480 USE 1984 CHART 1985 A ME9 W CODE 5BC USE 1985 CHART 1986 89 TRANSMISSION IDENTIFICATION DURING THE 1986 MODEL YEAR AND THE START OF 1987 PRODUCTION THE FOLLOWING TRANSMISEIONS WILL HAVE A THREE 3 LETTER CODE AS OPPOSED T0 A TWO 1 LETTER CODE PREVIOUSLY USED THE THIRD LETTER IN EACH CODE WILL IDENTIFY TRANSMISSION TYPE 3RD LETTER TRANS TYPE OPTION A 400 M40 B 20OC MV9 C 125C MD9 F 200 4R MW9 H 440 T4 ME9 M 700 R4 MD8 Z F 7 ME9 1990 94 TRANSMISSION IDENTIFICATION DURING THE 1990 91 MODEL YEAR THE TRANSMISSION CHARTS WILL CARRY THE OLD DESIGINATICN CODES ALONG WITH THE NEW HYDRA MATIC DESIG NATION CODES BEGINNING WITH THE MODEL YEAR 1992 ONLY THE HYDRA MATIC DESIGNATION CODES WILL BE USED EXAMPLE HYDRA MATIC 3T40 E 4 1 r I 1 1 11 NUMBER OF SPEEDS TYPE SERIES MAJOR FEATURE 3 T TRANSVERSE BASED ON E ELECTRONIC CONTROLS 4 L LONGITUDINAL RELATIVE A ALL WHEEL DRIVE 5 PLUS M MANUAL TOROUE HD HEAVY DUTY V CVT CAPACITY TRANS TYPE 3RD LETTER OLD NEW OPTION A 400 3LBO M40 C 125C 3T4O MD9 F 2040 4R MW9 H 440 T4 4TGO ME9 M 700 R4 4LBO MD8 S AWD 3T40 A MD9 W 4TGO E M13 Z F 7 ME9 STM40 MG1 MG2 MU1 MY5 N 4T8OE MH1 D 4L6OE M30 Y 1993 GENERAL MO TOF S SERVICE PARTS OPEFIATIONS PONT AC 25W 6 93 4 53 4 498