Transmission filter change

[WXman]

Now that we're working on the second year of seeing JLs on the roads, I assume some of you guys are getting up into the 30,000 mile range. Is anyone here planning to change your transmission fluid and filter yourself?

Jeep advertises the trans. fluid as "lifetime" fluid, but the company who manufactures the transmission recommends 75,000 and some owners of other FCA vehicles with this transmission have done the service even sooner. Seems like they usually find quite a bit of metallic sludge on the magnets in the pan.

The Wrangler has a steel pan that's different from the other vehicles, so I'm wondering if the maintenance procedure is also different. If anybody here cracks open a JL Wrangler trans. pan, you should post pics so we can see what's up.

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[Arterius2]

Would like to know this as well.

 

[Ppita02]

Not sure if people have gotten to this yet. But I’m getting ready to open mine up soon due to water in the tranny. Fluid is coming out watery and sand color. I’ll post pics during the process.

 

[ranman]

Not sure if people have gotten to this yet. But I’m getting ready to open mine up soon due to water in the tranny. Fluid is coming out watery and sand color. I’ll post pics during the process.

I'm very interested in an update.

 

[Ppita02]

I'm very interested in an update.

Well Sorry everyone! This was long over due. I have done two transmission fluid changes since this thread was started.

I'm very interested in an update.

Not sure if yall saw my post a while back. But figured it would be relavant here. Sorry for the delay!

Link below.

Cheers,

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...-t-case-fluid-change-today.32762/post-1387528

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