donkshophorse
12-27-2006, 06:04 PM
Hello folks, had a problem today and thought some of you may have some advice for me.
today i changed the fluid in my automatic gearbox. i had intended to change the filter too but hit a couple of problems. two years ago, when i did change the filter and fluid, i only had to move a cross member to get the sump off the gearobx. since then i've had a stainless steel exhaust fitted and it is in the way as well. bottom line is that after many hours (about 5) of hassle i gave up. i put the sump back on, the cross member back in place (that was a mighty big fuss, it enjoyed being free and did not want to go back in!) and reattached the exhaust. It was the biggest stumbling block as i couldn't get off the y-piece without dropping the headers and i didn't fancy that.
so after my rambling above the question is how important is it to change that filter every two years. I do not do huge mileage in the vehicle and it's done about 90,000 miles.
1990 range rover v8 automatic running on lpg
today i changed the fluid in my automatic gearbox. i had intended to change the filter too but hit a couple of problems. two years ago, when i did change the filter and fluid, i only had to move a cross member to get the sump off the gearobx. since then i've had a stainless steel exhaust fitted and it is in the way as well. bottom line is that after many hours (about 5) of hassle i gave up. i put the sump back on, the cross member back in place (that was a mighty big fuss, it enjoyed being free and did not want to go back in!) and reattached the exhaust. It was the biggest stumbling block as i couldn't get off the y-piece without dropping the headers and i didn't fancy that.
so after my rambling above the question is how important is it to change that filter every two years. I do not do huge mileage in the vehicle and it's done about 90,000 miles.
1990 range rover v8 automatic running on lpg