Thread: D3 Tranny service

Out of interest, where are you getting the steel pan & filter from ?

I wandered into Ritters yesterday for a chat about them that's all. They wanted about $440 for it, has a sticker on the pan saying it's for a BMW (X5 the chap said) but I'm sure I read somewhere on here that there's a aftermarket supplier who makes their own kit. My search skills aren't finding it though...

Originally Posted by Mike_S

Out of interest, where are you getting the steel pan & filter from ?

I wandered into Ritters yesterday for a chat about them that's all. They wanted about $440 for it, has a sticker on the pan saying it's for a BMW (X5 the chap said) but I'm sure I read somewhere on here that there's a aftermarket supplier who makes their own kit. My search skills aren't finding it though...

Gday Mike,

Ebay, type in automatic transmission.

There are several kits but 1 is for the range rover with the ZF6hp26 6 sp auto and the steel pan replacement kit..$326.00 or within a couple of $$$ just cant remember.. Furious 8 is the seller.
They had the same kit for the ford territory and was about $20 cheaper, but I see 1 plug is missing from that kit.

Hope you could understand my rambling.

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Mike_S

Out of interest, where are you getting the steel pan & filter from ?

I wandered into Ritters yesterday for a chat about them that's all. They wanted about $440 for it, has a sticker on the pan saying it's for a BMW (X5 the chap said) but I'm sure I read somewhere on here that there's a aftermarket supplier who makes their own kit. My search skills aren't finding it though...

Try these

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Garry

Hi Ean,
I got my steel pan from A & B Transmissions in Dandenong, they were very helpful, I can't remember how much, it was around the prices already mentioned. The Shell lifeguard 6 oil isn't cheap............ I bought 20 litres, worked out a bit cheaper in the longer term.

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

They had the same kit for the ford territory and was about $20 cheaper, but I see 1 plug is missing from that kit.

FWIW, the latest model Territory with the 2.7L turbo diesel, has the 6R80 gearbox. Only earlier model (Barra engined) Territory's had the ZF6HP26 box.

Originally Posted by Nomad9

Hi Ean,
I got my steel pan from A & B Transmissions in Dandenong, they were very helpful, I can't remember how much, it was around the prices already mentioned. The Shell lifeguard 6 oil isn't cheap............ I bought 20 litres, worked out a bit cheaper in the longer term.

That's it, knew I'd read of someone else doing the kit. A&B are only a few miles from where I live, I'll give them a call.

Save yourself the hassle and get it all from A & B transmissions.

I went through the same last leave, phoned various dealers etc etc deliberated here and procrastinated there.

I changed the filter and used about 5 or 6 litres, I think. I bought 10 so I have enough for just a drain and refill next time.

I already had the tin sump, so it was fairly straight forward.

Top tip from A & B was to fill the sump, run the engine, go through the gears a number of times and with the selector in drive continue filling the sump until it dribbles from the plug. (Obviously need 2 people here).

Hi guys,
Temperature is the critical bit, I did the initial fill on mine and took the car for a drive, checked the temp and found the gearbox was slightly overfilled. I checked the temp of the pan with an infra red gun to make sure. The temperature of the oil must be between 30 to 50 degrees C to get the level right.

Start the engine. Move the selector lever from 'P' through all gear positions, pausing in each gear position for 2-3 seconds and return to the 'P' position.

That sentence is straight out of the manual.

Easy and not complicated. Snapping off the filter tube inside the transmission and then fishing out the old bit saves disassembling anything really. By the book you should let the RH engine mounting go to get the old filter out.

Have fun.