Did the transmission fluid and filter
service today. This is a
545RFE tranny as in the KJ CRD.
Parts:
K05179267AC FILTER,TRANS.OIL
K05013470AC FILTER,AUTO,-WJ/KJ/WG
K04799681 VALVE,OIL FLOW(DG4)-KJ/WJ
K05103531EA FLUID TRANS x 2
which in laymans terms are: the large flat filter, spin on return cooler line filter, oil pump filter seal, anti-drainback valve, and 8lts of ATF+4.
Drained the tranny pan as described in the
Service Manual (front end down):
Pan off exposing the innards. Left this to drain for 1 hour.
The yellow circle below indicates the filter lock screw (this is a Torx screw - standard T25).
This is the old filter after removal:
Pan needs to be cleaned up (old RTV scraped off and wired brushed and wiped clean for new seal), I flushed the pan with turps as well. The magnet in the bottom needs to be removed to clean off the gunk attached to it:
These yellow arrows point to the anit-drain back valve, the spin on cooler return filter and the oil pump filter seal.
The oil pump filter seal is held in a metal surround that is hammered into the oil pump bore, and this is not easy to remove. If your pump seal is in good condition it does not need to be changed. I changed mine because I had a new seal. The new seal is seated by hitting it lightly with a drift (or the handle end of a big screw driver) to evenly apply pressure to the metal surround and bed it into the bore.
New filters and anti-drainback valve in place.
Cleaned up pan with new RTV (good to 260C) ready for install. I installed a second temperature sensor into the pan (already have one in the cooler return line). I am running the pan sensor through a switch (along with the cooler line temp sensor) so I can switch my gauge back and forth to check either temp. The temp sender is from Prosport gauges and is a 1/8NPT which screws into the standard B&M drain mount (and can be removed to drain the fluid without all that mess of dropping the pan end).
This shot shows the magnet location, and interior of the sensor mount.
Pan reinstalled:
I measured the drained fluid and it amounted to just more than 6.5 litres (6 Quarts is the rumoured filter
service amount - in US quantity of course). I refilled the tranny with fluid using a small plastic transfer pump that screws nicely into the top of the ATF+4 containers (they sell these at Repco for about $20 and they are worth the investment).
That's all there is to it.