Thread: D4 - transmission rebuild - is it worth it or do I retire the car? - HELP!

Don’t forget to inspect and grease the splines going into the Transfer Box while apart

Hi All
thanks for the sound advice

based on your learned input I am
1. keeping the
2. taking it to Mr Automotive in Redcliffe - Brisbane - lots of good reports about them from all of you and others
3. going to get the TC replaced/Transmission serviced and timing belts, and maybe that pesky coolant pipe in the middle of the "V" done in one hit -- OUCH!!

better that then spending a Shed tonne of cash on a new vehicle

Will advise you all on my experience soon ans well as the prices
BTW MR Automotive is booked out for 6-8 weeks - another good indication

Thanks again all

Originally Posted by Fozzie

Hi All - Desperate need of Advice
from experienced LR owners

Vehicle: 2012 - D4 , TDV6 2.7 - 175K on the clock
Problem: like others I have shudders in my transmission and they say that the issue is associated with the Torque converter -- and the transmission needs to be rebuilt!
Cost: $7-8,000 (ouch)
Added woe: in the last 8 months I have replaced the inter-cooler (due to a crack), and replaced the air-con Compressor - $3-4,000 already spent!!

The questions - is it worth fixing the transmission?

1. what else is likely to happen to the car?
2. will I fix this and then (on average) something else major will go wrong costing another lump of cash - is my beloved D4 now becoming a money pit?
3. I know this is a hard one to answer - but what are the other things that USUALLY go wrong, and how much do they cost?

I have some technical capability but not enough to rebuild hydraulics etc

Please Help - Thanks
Fozzie

Are you sure it cost 7-8k to rebuild?

I would get another quote. I enquired this before purchasing my car from an independent transmission shop who is familiar with this very box - He said around ~$4k, Perth Technical Transmission though.

Originally Posted by imaz

Are you sure it cost 7-8k to rebuild?

I would get another quote. I enquired this before purchasing my car from an independent transmission shop who is familiar with this very box - He said around ~$4k, Perth Technical Transmission though.

He is heading to MR Automotive to do the work for him and opting out of a full rebuild. As many of us have experienced, that is rarely a requirement for these boxes, there are a few known "failures" that can be sorted reasonably easy.

Your quote was not likely for a full rebuild unfortunately. That is definitely too cheap in my opinion. It's easily 12+ (more likely closer to 20) hours of labour alone. Plus a full rebuild would include the valve body, either rebuilding or replacing (not sure why you'd need to impress catastrophic failure had occurred) and the amount of parts start to add up in cost.

That being said, maybe the guy you went to is just crazy cheap... Hahaha. I've seen quotes from $5,500 (still seems pretty cheap) through to $10,000 (damn there are some massive penises out there!) for a full rebuild thrown around. So OP's quote seems in the ballpark. Unfortunately, the smarter, smoother, "better" the more parts there are and the more expensive it gets.

Originally Posted by libertyts

He is heading to MR Automotive to do the work for him and opting out of a full rebuild. As many of us have experienced, that is rarely a requirement for these boxes, there are a few known "failures" that can be sorted reasonably easy.

Your quote was not likely for a full rebuild unfortunately. That is definitely too cheap in my opinion. It's easily 12+ (more likely closer to 20) hours of labour alone. Plus a full rebuild would include the valve body, either rebuilding or replacing (not sure why you'd need to impress catastrophic failure had occurred) and the amount of parts start to add up in cost.

That being said, maybe the guy you went to is just crazy cheap... Hahaha. I've seen quotes from $5,500 (still seems pretty cheap) through to $10,000 (damn there are some massive penises out there!) for a full rebuild thrown around. So OP's quote seems in the ballpark. Unfortunately, the smarter, smoother, "better" the more parts there are and the more expensive it gets.

My mistake. It is $3k for the torque converter and valve body. 8-9k was the rebuild.

Update

I have completed the mid-life crisis work on my
TDV6 2.7 2012 D4- got it back on Friday

I.e
Torque converter recondition
Transmission service
Both timing belts
And the coolant pipe between the V

So it seems to be working not as smooth changing that I expected
It changes and there doesn’t seem to be any TC shuddering but not silky smooth

But considering 180k on the clock maybe there are other “things” that I am feeling and I am asking too much (any ideas)

Also I have noted that WHEN the transmission is changing “seems” to be different

Is the D4 computer re-learning with its new TC?

Does it do that?

There is a drive cycle to do for the auto to relearn the adaptions. Go from 0 to 100 using normal acceleration. It must get into 6th gear. Then go back to less than 5km. Do not use the brakes while doing the drive cycle. Do this a few times.