comleader, yeah I had to jack up the engine and unbolt part of the exhaust.

That's another reason why I did the steel pan conversion. With the steel pan, you don't have to raise the engine. Plus, like I said above, you can buy a new tranny filter without having to buy a whole new pan.

If you're interested, I can get you a list of the part numbers plus give you the contact info of the company I sourced the parts from. Let me know.

 

Thanks. I would really appreciate that.

 

BG transsmision flush works well, but it needs 16 quarts of fluid , not 10 ,like double flush. This is due to the fact, that BG machine requires 16 q to start and work properly.

 

comleader,

For the steel pan conversion, the part numbers are as followed:

Steel pan: 1068-203-042 ($117.81)
Bolts (21 of them): 0736-010-347 ($2.45 * 21 = $51.45)
Replaceable Filter: 0501-213-359 ($47.36)
Gasket: 1068-303-017 ($22.82)

I ordered them from "Eriksson Industries" erikssonindustries.com. They're located in Connecticut and I recommend them.

It took about 5 weeks to special order the parts from Germany until they arrived at my house. My receipt came out to a total of $250.50.

 

Took mine (05 LR3 HSE) to my local Indy (independent shop) and they changed filter, flushed trans and refilled with new complete fluid fill for about $280 and that was using a Land Rover OEM trans filter with gaskets, replacement o-rings including the filler tube o-rings.

 

I'm going to guess they didn't actually "flush" the fluid. This sounds like they drained, swapped the gasket and filled. The problem is 50% of the oil is still in the torque converter. Doing a proper flush would eat up most of the 280 in the oil alone.

One method I've heard is a "double flush". Drain then refill. Drive it to mix the oil. Then drain and refill again. Yes there will be some old oil left (max 25%) but you've replaced at least 75% of the oil.

 

I did changed my trans oil on my lr3 2006 with 130000km by flushing 10 liters and is fast and great!!

 

I was at the dealer and they are saying when MM says change trand fluid, they remove all the fluid via a machine and replace it with new repalcing almost 110%. I was under the impression using a machine on the trans is no good what gives ? Anyone dealt with this situation ?

 

i done on my car put around 10L motul mukt atf + 2 lubegard by flushing 7 years ago then. My car is great! Ill make it again shortly

 

I think the issue with using a machine is the filter is not replaced. But really the filters last a wicked long time and its not like engine oil that can get contaminated. I would have no issue using a machine with the only caveat being that I would want the filter changed at no more than 200,000 miles. I think that is plenty for any modern trans filter.