Price of ZF Transmission Fluid (CRAZY)

[ctrcbob]

Hey Bob, you live in Roswell? I grew up there! I live in North Carolina now, but my wife and I were there for one night last summer. You may recognize this place:

And the instructions on how to check the fluid level are attached at the bottom of this post. Draining the fluid is pretty obvious, you just unscrew the plug and let the fluid drain out. To refill it, you reinsert the drain plug (obviously) and then unscrew the fill plug, which is on the right side of the transmission towards the back. The fill hole is surprisingly low, and that's why the engine has to be running when you fill the transmission. With the engine running and the transmission in gear the fluid is sucked up and out of the pan. If you turn off the engine while trying to fill it, the fluid will come pouring out of the fill hole (don't ask me how I know).

To get the fluid level correct, the transmission has to be at the correct temperature, which is between 35 and 50 degrees Celsius. The attached instructions say to use a fancy diagnostic tool plugged into the OBDII port to measure the temp, but an IR thermometer aimed at the bottom of the transmission fluid pan does the job just as well, and you can get an IR thermometer for $25 at Harbor Freight Tools. You'll need a way to pump the fluid up into the transmission fill hole, because all of this is done from below. A $15 garden/bug sprayer from Home Depot works fine if you take the spray nozzle off of the end of the hose, or you could buy a $7.99 hand pump from Harbor Freight.

After that, it's just a matter of pumping the fluid in, letting the transmission warm up to the correct range, which will cause the fluid to expand and come back out of the fill hole, and then plugging the hole when the fluid as at the correct temp.

Hmmm... the pdf instruction file is too large to allow me to attach it. I'll post a link to it and hope that works. Here's the link: http://jaguarforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7780&d=1297182563

If that doesn't work, just go to this thread on jaguarforums.com. The instructions are in post #25, although the rest of the thread is a good read, too.

That looks like one of the places on 2nd Street, near Main. I normally stay on North Pennsylvania, close to NMMI. (Weather getting good there at the moment, but also getting good here in Central Florida).

BTW, Nice XK8 (or is it an XKR, too far for me to see).

 

[Reverend Sam]

That looks like one of the places on 2nd Street, near Main. I normally stay on North Pennsylvania, close to NMMI. (Weather getting good there at the moment, but also getting good here in Central Florida).

BTW, Nice XK8 (or is it an XKR, too far for me to see).

That's the Capitol Cafe. Best Mexican food in southern New Mexico. You really have to try it. The locals swear by it. It's actually on 4th street one block off of Main Street.

Right now is windy season in Roswell. I remember how the chain link fences always used to get packed with tumbleweeds and other debris this time of year. Last summer was the first time I had been there in 10 years. It was disappointing. The town is going downhill, in my opinion.

Thanks for the compliment on the car. It's an XK8.

 

[Reverend Sam]

For anyone who cares, I just changed the fluid, filter, and pan in my transmission a couple of days ago. I made a video of the process. Here's a link to the video. This is the exact same transmission that is in your Genesiseseses.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL4ZhDlZAF4"]YouTube - Jaguar XK8 Transmission Fluid/Pan Change[/ame]

 

[OBCT]

For anyone who cares, I just changed the fluid, filter, and pan in my transmission a couple of days ago. I made a video of the process. Here's a link to the video. This is the exact same transmission that is in your Genesiseseses.

Thank you, Reverend.