Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Dry retch at smell of burnt ATF. Misplace magnet on bullbar. Have ATF run down your arm onto your shirt. Dropping ratchet onto face.

On Thursday night I dropped my ratchet whilst trying to undo the pan bolts into the container of used atf fluid whilst the tranny was still draining splashing fluid into my face and eyes.

It’s my least favourite simple job. I hate it with a passion. Stupid bloody land rovers

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Uhhh, what? What machine? What connection? Drain oil, remove pan, replace filter, replace gasket, replace pan, replace oil. No machine needed

Ah Muppet, is time Orange dragged itself into the twenty-first century.
Good workshops now have a machine that is connected into the cooler line of the transmission. it reverse pumps new fluid into the system, cleaning the filter simultaneously. The great advantage of this bit of kit being, every drop of ATF is replaced, no old fluid remains in the TC or cooler.

Hmm, It's not that I don't trust Auto transmission shops but If I bought along my $95 for 4 litres Transmax Z how could I be sure that they used same to flush the transmission ? Ditto Lifeguard 6. Consider the recent post about Auto problems with a D3.

I had the situation a couple of years ago where I put my car in for a reseal of the LT230, the place claimed the auto fluid was low and topped with Dex3 thus diluting my hard won high percentage of Transmax Z. One would think they could tell the difference between red and green. And you wouldn't know until something went wrong or next time you checked the level.

I would rather DIY.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Ah Muppet, is time Orange dragged itself into the twenty-first century.
Good workshops now have a machine that is connected into the cooler line of the transmission. it reverse pumps new fluid into the system, cleaning the filter simultaneously. The great advantage of this bit of kit being, every drop of ATF is replaced, no old fluid remains in the TC or cooler.

I don’t pay people to work on my car, I don’t trust them
Can’t help you with the fitting info sorry

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Hmm, It's not that I don't trust Auto transmission shops but If I bought along my $95 for 4 litres Transmax Z how could I be sure that they used same to flush the transmission ? Ditto Lifeguard 6. Consider the recent post about Auto problems with a D3.

I had the situation a couple of years ago where I put my car in for a reseal of the LT230, the place claimed the auto fluid was low and topped with Dex3 thus diluting my hard won high percentage of Transmax Z. One would think they could tell the difference between red and green. And you wouldn't know until something went wrong or next time you checked the level.

I would rather DIY.
Regards Philip A

Trust Philip, along with basic mechanical knowledge, the greatest asset a mechanic can have. I was very fortunate to find my fellow just after Blknight left town.
To demonstrate how honourable this business is; a mechanic friend was deployed OS with the ADF when his wife blew a head gasket on their Falcon (yes, I was shocked too. ). This shop was recommended as trustworthy and the car towed in. When the shop heard that the owner was a mechanic serving OS, the car was returned with a bill for parts only.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

It’s my least favourite simple job. I hate it with a passion. Stupid bloody land rovers

I have a little 1 litre Tom thumb oil pump and bottle. Takes 4 refills and a bloody heap of pumps to do a partial change. Might have to look into an air fed oil pump to do the job. Would save me some grief!

I have another separate one to do the transfer case and diffs. That's not as bad as they take less bloody oil!

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

I don’t pay people to work on my car, I don’t trust them
Can’t help you with the fitting info sorry

I once was young and keen like you.
There are three stages of amateur maintenance:
1. Pull it apart, clean it, polish it, overhaul it, put it back together, all for the hell of it.
2. Do what has to be done and cannot be postponed any longer.
3. Find a good mechanic and join RACQ.
Now I'm in stage 3 of home mechanics, I fear if I got under the car now, I'd need an engine crane ,or similar to get back up.