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Old 12-27-2010, 11:24 PM
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A small funnel and the dipstick tube to fill. The only dumb question is the one not asked.
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 09:39 AM
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Guys Im getting conflicting reports from various sites on type of Trans fluid. Anything from Dextron to ATF4 any suggestions???
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 09:48 AM
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By LR's standard dexron 3/mercon is called for. But if you look up newer dexrons, alot of them are backwards compatibale with dex 3. Some are not, gotta be careful. But I may offer, when I did my filter, I filled with a newer dex and eneded up draining and going with old school dex 3. In mine, it like it better
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 01:37 PM
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thanks Kenk
 
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Old 12-31-2010, 02:42 PM
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Lucky for me ALL and I mean all the bolts and plugs are rusted in place. My D1 has 83k on it and I would guess the fluild may have been changed at some point but the pan never dropped. The cross member bolts are now soaking in PB Blaster as are the pan bolts and the drain plug. 2 hours of soaking and tapping with a hammer did nothing. A long overnite soak and maybe some heat tomorrow will do the trick.
 
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Old 12-31-2010, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Analogkid
Lucky for me ALL and I mean all the bolts and plugs are rusted in place. My D1 has 83k on it and I would guess the fluild may have been changed at some point but the pan never dropped. The cross member bolts are now soaking in PB Blaster as are the pan bolts and the drain plug. 2 hours of soaking and tapping with a hammer did nothing. A long overnite soak and maybe some heat tomorrow will do the trick.
I broke every bolt off on my crossmember mounts when I did it. I just picked up all new bolts at the local hardware store.
 
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Old 12-31-2010, 09:11 PM
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i am just going to change my tranny filter on my 2003 disco and i saw your post with great detail and pictures this is a great site

thanks richiec
 
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I broke every bolt off on my crossmember mounts when I did it. I just picked up all new bolts at the local hardware store.

I hope most stores are open today since its new years!!!
 
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so only 5.25 quarts of fluid? I put in 7 quarts and it shows over filled by a lot. The manual says that it takes 9.5 quarts. I guess that includes the torque converter too then?
 
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Old 07-10-2011, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by errose2002
so only 5.25 quarts of fluid? I put in 7 quarts and it shows over filled by a lot. The manual says that it takes 9.5 quarts. I guess that includes the torque converter too then?
The 9.5qts is if you do a complete rebuild or it is a brand new "dry" transmission.
You never go by the book capacities when doing this type of work, you just buy more fluid than you think you will need and the add only what YOU actually need and NOT what the book tells you you MAY need.
So after changing the trans filter you would add 4 qts, start the engine, shift through all the gears and check the fluid level.
Add more if needed.
Then once it was within the safe range drive it for a day and then check the fluid level again.
You are going to need to drain some of that fluid out.
 


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