Transmission crud on pan magnets

Evening land rover support group. I posted this question in the "what I did today" thread, but I'm sure it got buried.

Any concern with the amount of transmission gunk found on my pan magnets? ~70k




Thanks, everyone

I don’t have much real-world experience with this, but it sure doesn’t strike me as much. I don’t see anything that looks like metal shavings from the photos.

Thank you!

@Michael Gain anything special need to be done when dropping the pan? You have (had) the 8hp70 right? I've got the new pan, fluid, and a small ratchet with T40 bit; just haven't found any info on special technique to getting the pan down.

16FujiDisco said:

@Michael Gain anything special need to be done when dropping the pan? You have (had) the 8hp70 right? I've got the new pan, fluid, and a small ratchet with T40 bit; just haven't found any info on special technique to getting the pan down.

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You've got mostly everything you need. You will need a small socket (I think 7 or 7.5mm) to remove the heat shield bracket. I ended up using an adjustable wrench as well. One of the driver side bolts is pretty close to the frame and the ratchet will only get a turn or two before stopping.

As far as getting it down, apply even, downward pressure until the filter disengages from the mech sleeve. Once free, move the half full pan towards the front of the truck (over the cross member), rotate 90 degrees, and slowly lower the pan between the cross member and catalytic converter to fully remove

Hope that helps!

Looks very normal

Oh so wait, the 8speed you can get the pan off without dropping the crossmember? If so that is great news (came from a LR3...)

Mack73 said:

Looks very normal

Oh so wait, the 8speed you can get the pan off without dropping the crossmember? If so that is great news (came from a LR3...)

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Use the new kits where the filter is separate from the pan. Even if you can't remove the old pan without dropping the crossmember, just saw off the filter neck with a hacksaw blade (some even just snap it off), then fish the pan out.

Mack73 said:

Looks very normal

Oh so wait, the 8speed you can get the pan off without dropping the crossmember? If so that is great news (came from a LR3...)

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Yep. No need to drop the crossmember. @ryanjl is referencing the 6 speed. I believe the filter neck is longer, forcing you to cut or break. When I did my pan swap on the 8 speed, I bought a hack saw blade for this purpose. But, it wasn't needed. The filter neck was short enough to fully clear the mech unit and allowed quite a bit of manipulation to remove the pan

@Michael Gain perfect, thanks!

I've scoped it out the last couple of times I was underneath in preparation and it seemed pretty straightforward. I'll also keep in mind that the pan doesn't fully drain.

16FujiDisco said:

@Michael Gain perfect, thanks!

I've scoped it out the last couple of times I was underneath in preparation and it seemed pretty straightforward. I'll also keep in mind that the pan doesn't fully drain.

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You will also want to keep the drain pan underneath. Transmission fluid continues to drip from the mech unit once the pan is removed.