Thread: Cracked Flexplate With Audio

if you can take the Auto and transfer case out from the vehicle then it could be done in a drive way, but they are very heavy, once the auto is removed a flex plate is relatively easy to replace, The Flex plate unbolts from the converter, and the converter is pryed back into the bell house on the auto,and removed with the auto ,strap it in place to stop it falling out and retain fluid.
The flex plate is bolted to the crank at rear of engine.
it's all do'able depending on tools and experience, but it's a big job in a drive way.

depends on what tooling youve got in your garage and how many mates you have to help out.

If you can pull a trans or an engine its an in driveway job.

I reckon I'll give a go myself, even though I don't have a garage or a shed. It will have to be done on some yellow tongue flooring laid on top of the gravel drive.

With the money I save from labor I should be able to go shopping at Ashcroft's and put in a uprated torque converter and front cdl housing at the same time.

I'll just need to by a trans jack or an adapter.

how many labour hours would it take in a proper auto shop,surely not long with the correct equiptment.

Probably at least 6 hours plus fluids and filters. It will probably take me a full weekend.

999, the long answer will be posted as soon as I shift house and compile a tutorial on Remove and Replace a ZF from a D2. In driveway WITHOUT special tools. It will be called 'An Idiots Guide (because you have to be!)'
Mate, It can be done. Somebody here recently posted it takes them 2.5 hours?!
MR Automotive quotes $1000/ 10hours with all the good gear and a couple of helping hands.
Unless you've done this before/ have the time (more like 20hrs for unskilled)/ have a replacement car/ are prepared for a lot of frustration along the way, then pay the nice man the money!

If that doesn't disuade you, search for my recent thread 'What to do while the Autobox is off' for a list of also-check items.
I ended up doing the Rear Main seal and Torque convertor Oil seal. Time constraints prevented me doing the intermediate housing seal.
PM if you need more info.
Dave.

^^I must be a sucker for punishment, I own a land rover. I'm lucky that I have alternative transport so I'm not constrained by time. It would be easy to drop it into a shop and leave it for someone else to fix, but I'd rather spend the money on extra parts. I've already changed the head. It cant be much worse. At least you can work while lying down.

Rear main seal was on already on the cards the cards while I had it out and anything else I can get to, Maybe I'll get the prop shafts rebuilt and balanced as well while shes off the road.

good plan, my last auto swap out took 8 hours in the yard