J30 Tranny Filter

Post by **yodawill2000** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:58 am

Is it just a screen that can be cleaned or does it need to be replaced ?

Doing a pan drop soon .

Post by **elwesso** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:00 am

Many will disagree wtih me but i think changing the screen is useless... (There is no internal filter, just a screen)...

If you have anything in that screen then your trans is screwed... its far more important to clean the pan..

Post by **yodawill2000** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:07 am

Thanks ..Then a gasket and a crush washer is all I need ,,And a boatload of Tranny fluid Wanted to clean the pan before the flush.

Post by **yodawill2000** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:22 am

Any easy way to se what tranny my 94 J has ??Looking for a gasket and they want to know if its a RE4R01A or a RL4R01A ???

Post by **elwesso** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:33 am

Its the RE4

The trans code is onthe VIN plate on the firewall by the brake booster.

Post by **yodawill2000** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:42 am

thanks ..Just found out that both versions have the same part number for the gasket .. DOOH !!

Might go with the kit Napa has .. Has the exact image Joe has on his website !

A little less and no shipping to deal with .Gasket filter and O ring .

Post by **DominickJ30** » Tue May 23, 2006 8:49 am

yodawill2000 wrote:thanks ..Just found out that both versions have the same part number for the gasket .. DOOH !!

Might go with the kit Napa has .. Has the exact image Joe has on his website !

A little less and no shipping to deal with .Gasket filter and O ring .

If its a NAPA part then dont bother, they are known to be ****ty.

Post by **yodawill2000** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:09 am

Its the more expensive of the two kits they have , But I noticed it doesnt include the crush washer . Guess I'll just get it from Joe and wait till next weekend to get-er-done .

Are the OEM gaskets rubber ?

Post by **NismoChi** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:00 am

My experience here.I did it last night. Drain the fuild and drop the pan, clean everthing in the inside and put back together. I start at around 9:30 pm and finished at ~11:00pm (there was nothing good on TV)It is my first time i drop the pan, before that i did about 3 tims drin and refill in the last 4000miles. I agree with elwesso, the chance is, you won't need a tranny filter, unbolt it from the tranny (4 bolts) and clean the screen. My didn't even look dirty, but i cleaned it anyway. The gasket is also reusable,mine was still in perfect shape, cleaned it and put some RTV liquid gasket and put it back on. That is all i did.You'll only need about 3-4 qt of ATF, cause that is how much it 'll come out.

Would have taken some pics, which i always do, but i sold my old DC and the new one hasn't arrived yet.

Post by **gr8scott72** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:31 am

What kind of fluid is everyone using in their tranny?

Post by **Gerardjg** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:04 am

gr8scott72 wrote:What kind of fluid is everyone using in their tranny?

Mobil 1 ATF here

Post by **elan** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:37 am

I recently did it as well. I just could not find the gasket alone but was able to find the kit in one of the local stores. Agree with Wes the screen can just be cleaned there is no filter inside as it looks. But I put the one I had in the kit.

Put Mobil ATF 1. Had some problem due to my stupididty at the beginning as I did not put enough fluid. But when I fulled it up it started runing great.

I did several drains and fillings during one month, every weekend after replacing the screen and cleaning the pan and the magnet. Mine was quite dirty as I suspect the previous owner did not do any flushes (I got it at 85k). It's only after like 3rd - 4th flush that the fluid started coming out clean more or less. My friend was telling me not to do any flushes as he was getting problems before on some american made car after the flush (his transmission failed after the flush). I ran about 12-15 quarts through the trany during this month and now I like how it's working.
Modified by elan at 3:06 PM 5/23/2006

Post by **NismoChi** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:07 pm

M1 is good, but at ~$6.50 a qt and you'll need ~12 qts to do a complete fuild replacement, i just can't ....

I use regular Dexron III at ~$2.25 a qt, i think it was valvoline.

Post by **elan** » Tue May 23, 2006 2:02 pm

NismoChi,

Yes it is f.. expensive so I was also using some Dexron III for the first 8qts and then put 7 Qts of Mob1. I could not afford and I think it's useless to use Mob1 for everything.

NismoChi wrote:M1 is good, but at ~$6.50 a qt and you'll need ~12 qts to do a complete fuild replacement, i just can't ....

I use regular Dexron III at ~$2.25 a qt, i think it was valvoline.

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