fluids

[ayavner]

I have read most of the previous posts on this sort of thing, but thought i would throw this out there anyway. Couple of questions though, to make sure I have a handle on this...

1. Oil change.. presuming I do this myself and don't want to take it in to the dealer, is it sufficient to put in a can of B12 or similar and let it run for 5 min before draning and refilling? Or is there another product thats better for that? I have always drained and replaced, never knew about flushing till recently.

2. Tranny fluid change. is there a filter involved here? Is there a flushing product that would be recommended, or is the consensus to just drain and replace? Or take it and have it power flushed? I have always been afraid of that, have heard that you can cause leaks that way or something.

disco II, 57K miles.

what yall think?

 

[discomike]

On the oil changes I would use some flush or treatment every other change. With thr transmisson yes you should change the filter every time, it is not the screen type that can be wash out. Lucas make a great additive for the transmission and shouls be added with each change. You might want to consider do the transmission every 20,000 miles, cheep insurance.
Mike J.

 

[ayavner]

Hmmm, looks like you have to remove the sump (and gasket) to get to this filter.. am i reading this right?

 

[discomike]

Yes, the sump must be removed to replace the filter.
Mike J.

 

[ayavner]

well... may as well order a new gasket then...

Is there a flushing process i should use on the old stuff, in addition to the lucas additive for the new stuff?

 

[discomike]

People don't have good results flushing our transmissions because if the filter style so just stick with the fluid change and additive.
Mike J.

 

[Sergei]

Adam - get whole kit, if you havent done it. I think cheapest so far is from northeastbritishparts.com

To get bloody thing in you will have to:
- drop front sway bar (overwise you cant lower Y pipe).
- disconnect Y-pipes from exhaust headers (you can disconnect few of exhaust hangers down the pipe so it will be moveable)
- move away cross member (pound with mallet or crowbar on it so it will move a bit away but not remove it completely. It will save you LOTS of headache on putting it back as fit is VERY tight).
- drop pan (13mm socket wrench with nice extensions)

bolts that are holding filter in place are torx ones - so have tools handy

Prepare for some splashing when you remove pan and when you remove filter.

Good luck

 

[ayavner]

really?? ugh

 

[Sergei]

really?? ugh

Thats why only maniacs do it themselves Others just hiring mechanics to do that nasty stuff.

I been pushing myself for that job for like 6 months, and only reason why i finally did it was that i got freaked out by how transmission was behaving, and also i needed to replace downpipe exhaust gaskets..

Got out almost ok, except for one broken exhaust stuf Shifts much nicer now though. And i used "trick shift" oil this time(done fluid replacement few times already to get rid of old stuff and get synthetics in) which seems to work nicely.

 

[Monty]

Sergei, how was it getting the y pipe from the headers undone? I've got an exhaust leak there and figure I probably (hoping) that all I need is to replace the gasket and tighten it back up.