Topping up Auto box on P38...

Just changed the auto box oil cooler and two pipes, now got to top the auto box up...just want to make sure I have the right 'hole' as it isn't mentioned in the manual.

Can someone just confirm I've got the right place - photo below.

Also - anyone know what size the hex head is before I waste money buying the wrong size!



Cheers,

Matt

yep, dunno the size tho

hasnt it got the dipstick in the engine bay???

gavbriggs said:

hasnt it got the dipstick in the engine bay???

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Nope!

Later P38's (and DII's) don't have a dipstick for the Auto box.

well thats just plain silly, thats a case of backwards development!!!

gavbriggs said:

well thats just plain silly, thats a case of backwards development!!!

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Spent bloody ages searching for it - plus auto box levels are not mentioned anywhere in the manual. Finally discovered somewhere online on an obscure website that the later P38's don't have one!

Matt

gavbriggs said:

hasnt it got the dipstick in the engine bay???

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:doh:

gavbriggs said:

well thats just plain silly, thats a case of backwards development!!!

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Agreed

i assume the dipstick who buys the rangey from new has enough cash to get a greasy dipstick to check stuff like oil levels!!!

:hysterically_laughi

Got me worried now, when you say later P38 can you elaborate on that?? I have a S reg 1998 4.6Hse

c099895 said:

Got me worried now, when you say later P38 can you elaborate on that?? I have a S reg 1998 4.6Hse

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very early p38 auto's had a g/box dipstick,later models did not have one,if you aint got a dipstick you aint got one.just fill it up as you have been advised too.

gemsdad said:

very early p38 auto's had a g/box dipstick,later models did not have one,if you aint got a dipstick you aint got one.just fill it up as you have been advised too.

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:doh:

from memory,it,s a size 6 allan key,but i wondn,t be surprised if they all have different sizes being built by landrover.filling to the right level can be a pain though

c099895 said:

Got me worried now, when you say later P38 can you elaborate on that?? I have a S reg 1998 4.6Hse

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99 facelift onwards I assume it means by 'later models' but unspecific.

andy 0352 said:

from memory,it,s a size 6 allan key,but i wondn,t be surprised if they all have different sizes being built by landrover.filling to the right level can be a pain though

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Sorted it this morning - was a bit dark last night by the time I'd fitted everything. Had to cut one of the pipes off in the end to undo one end.

Fill plug key is 8mm on mine.

I had measured how much ATF came out during the change, so I knew approx how much to put back in! Took about 1/2l more than that.

For anyone else doing the same thing (took me a while to find this!), correct procedure from Ashcroft for filling is to top it up until it comes out of the fill hole, then put the transfer box into neutral so there is no load on the auto box, start the engine and keep topping up until it comes out of the fill hole again - run the box up and down the gears, fill again until it is 'full' if necessary. Then run the vehicle forwards, backwards, up and down the gears and check levels again with the box in neutral - fill again if necessary.

Running much better now. Pickup is much quicker now from cold - used to take a bit of a rev to get it moving before when cold, so assume the box was a bit low. Anyway, happy that she's back on the road again now!

Matt

Good on ya twas easy wernt it

thats a good bit of info about pitting it in neutral. does this mean putting fuse 11 in?

wudnt have thort putting transfer in neutral wud achieve anything but what do i know

presume it stops any strain on the box while the fluid is circulating!