Thread: Disco 3/4 Automatic Transmission FAQ - 6 Speed

Originally Posted by Redback

My advice to you would be find a Land Rover specialist or transmisson specialist and have it done, chances are the Dealer won't do the pan or even put the correct oil in, if they actually do it at all. I'm wary of Dealers, some do nothing at all and say they have, some only do part of the job, very hard to find a good Dealer these days. Baz.

Southerns, my wa dealer, replaced mine at 60k with a steel pan for $1050 all up. I was happy to pay a little more, as I have complete trust/faith in my service manager.

Joe, the service manager, advised his clients to go with the steel pan conversion on every occasion, if it had not already been changed.

My oil test after being changed showed no issues at all.

Brett.....

Just rang up for a few quotes and the cheapest was just over $900! Pricing up the DIY options appears to be around $600. You'd be thinking that it's oil extracted from some reserve on Mars given the price of it!

The box on the disco 2 cost about $150 to service when I did that. But it was a simple beastie compared to the D3....

I've done similar to Will. It seems that Fuchs recommend their Titan ATF 4134, so I've bought 10l from Bursons for $95, and an aftermarket steel pan and filter kit for $175. I've also bought an aftermarket oil cooler for the tranny to be fitted at the same time for $80

That's a job for tomorrow night.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

I've done similar to Will. It seems that Fuchs recommend their Titan ATF 4134, so I've bought 10l from Bursons for $95, and an aftermarket steel pan and filter kit for $175. I've also bought an aftermarket oil cooler for the tranny to be fitted at the same time for $80

That's a job for tomorrow night.

I'm interested in seeing your results. I've been told that it'll take about 120kms for the trans to adapt to the new oil, so be a bit patient after changing the oil.

Mine gets done next Tuesday.

Trans ECU adaption should be reset when the oil is changed - so the trans will be learning about it's new config and relearning your driving style for a while. My experience is that it was smoother and quicker shifting as soon as the ATF change was done, it took several tanks of fuel to be back in touch with my driving style (I reset engine ECU adaption at the same time so that might have also been a factor).

Originally Posted by sheerluck

I've done similar to Will. It seems that Fuchs recommend their Titan ATF 4134, so I've bought 10l from Bursons for $95, and an aftermarket steel pan and filter kit for $175. I've also bought an aftermarket oil cooler for the tranny to be fitted at the same time for $80

That's a job for tomorrow night.

Sheerluck what are the physical characteristics of the Fuchs fluid? Does it look/smell like standard ATF, ie RED with a rubbery smell? The correct ZF fluid is amber in colour and smells a bit like cat ****. So basically it looks and smells like cat ****.

Originally Posted by Redback

My advice to you would be find a Land Rover specialist or transmisson specialist and have it done, chances are the Dealer won't do the pan or even put the correct oil in, if they actually do it at all.

I'm wary of Dealers, some do nothing at all and say they have, some only do part of the job, very hard to find a good Dealer these days.

Baz.

Yep,
I would go to a ZF specialist. They are listed on their website.

Cheers

FWIW, I just found a local workshop that has the Wynns ATF flushing machine and asked for a quote to replace plastic sump with metal, replace mechatronic seal and full flush with ZF Lifeguard Fluid 6. Quote was $900. Seems pretty reasonable to me.