Thread: ATF Group Buy?

I have the receipt in my car from when I had a double flush done on my transmission at a reputable workshop recently, and will check tonight to see how much fluid was used.

I had the pan replaced with the transmission service. About a week later I found a large puddle of unobtanium oil under my car. Took it back and had the pan pulled, a new seal fitted, and a third fill of oil completed with no questions asked by the workshop. Not sure if a leaking pan seal is common.

On inspection they said they could not find any cause for the leak. The bolts on the pan were tight and the seal had not been pinched, however when they loaded the transmission up they could see the oil leak.

Trusting they told me the truth about the cause of the leak, then even if they charged me a couple of dollars extra per litre of oil, with the failure of the seal, I came out on top cost wise getting the workshop to do it.

Was that the OEM pan, the steel pan or the falcon alloy pan?

Caver,
Factory Pan is plastic & contains the filter as a 1 piece unit.

A&B Auto's distribute a different unit, It is a Steel pan & has a seperate filter.

Last week i replaced a filter with a factory unit at work on a vehicle we were working on.
It is not easy to replace the filter as the factory unit is a pain to remove, I had to remove the cross brace, remove engine mount, lift engine & support transfer case so as to remove filter. We replaced it with another "fatory unit" which incorporates the filter.
Problem being is that the tube that goes into the clutch pack goes up a fair distance. So there is little room.

I am yet to see the steel pan , seperate filter version (so if anyone has a photo, could you post it up for all to see) as this may be easier long term when changing just the filter as the pan may be removable.

Cheers.

OEM is a pain to change as you say.
A&B just snap off the OEM filter when removing the pan and throw it away they then fit the steel pan and separate filter. N need to unbilt the cross member.
Kit is $385 andd I think it includes enough oil for a fill.

From my service receipt

Transmission Kit - $372
12 litres ATF - $420 ($35 per litre)

OEM kit or A&B?
I assume OEM oil?

When I had mine done they also replaced the twenty-one torx screws, I don't know if this was because the steel pan is thinner than the oem plastic pan and the screws would then have been too long, but a few washers should have fixed that.

my costs were :-
Steel Pan ZF-6HP26 (replaces plastic pan and filter) $234.08.
Filter 6HP26 for steel pan A/M (I presume this is After Market from A&B Transmissions $32.32
Pan Gasket ZF-6HP26 (Steel Pan) $12.45
Bolts ZF-6HP26 (used with Steel Pan) 21 of totalling $72.77
ZF-6HP26 Genuine Transmission Fluid (5 litres) $371.40
Total Labour $187.00

Ryall

I just can't get my head around the price of this oil