[Wavey87]

Hi guys I need to replace the gearbox oil in me 96 Discovery, can anyone recommend where to get some from, non of my local motor factors stock the right one

 

[nathan5346]

what oil do they reckon they aint got? cos its available anywhere

 

[Wavey87]

apparently its an unusual grade in the 300tdi

 

[byway-basher]

Any motor factors that doesnt stock ATF should be immediately removed from the yellow pages!

Haynes claim ATF to spec M2C33 for all D1 manual trannies.

 

[listerdiesel]

ATF Dexron IID on the RAVE lubricants page.

Peter

 

[Wavey87]

wots the website for that

 

[martinhollings]

for what ???

 

[Wavey87]

for rave

 

[gemsdad]

for rave

do a search on the forum,you will find links to it there.

 

[martinhollings]

rave is a program not a web site try this but make sure you read and understand the instructions first The Green Oval - Downloads | Land Rover Data
or you can get the disk off ebay for about £3

 

[thebiglad]

When the R380 was first released the recommended oil was ATF Dexron IID.

More recently the recommended oil for all R380's whatever the application is MTF94 (produced by Texaco for LR, although loads of others do it as well).

Unfortunately the RAVE pages won't get updated as only the dealers get the update bulletins.

Oil suppliers don't bother updating slow sellers like gearbox oil, by comparison to the huge sales of engine oils.

 

[Wavey87]

so where is the best place to get it and what exactly should i look for

 

[thebiglad]

so where is the best place to get it and what exactly should i look for

You need to ask for MTF94, you'll need 3 ltrs and I would ask your most local suppliers first, then your LR dealer.

 

[Wavey87]

thanks mate

 

[martinhollings]

but different suppliers have an alternative try this http://www.castrol.com/castrol/iframe.do?categoryId=9024084&contentId=7044829
SMX-S Fully synthetic SAE 75W-85 manual gear oil you can get from halfords but its not cheap i still use atf in my box and have done for the last 3 years with no problems and a farmer i work for puts a cup full of gear oil in also never tryed it but i see where he is comming from

 

[ntfs]

Or you might want to try this:
Morris Lubricants - Morris Lubricants
It is recommended by them for the R380 gearbox and you can buy direct from them. Carriage is free on orders over £50 which you will be able to go over if you do the transfer box and diffs at the same time and buy the oil for those as well.

 

[thebiglad]

Or you might want to try this:
Morris Lubricants - Morris Lubricants
It is recommended by them for the R380 gearbox and you can buy direct from them. Carriage is free on orders over £50 which you will be able to go over if you do the transfer box and diffs at the same time and buy the oil for those as well.

At that price you could just buy MTF94 from the LR dealers !!

 

[ntfs]

Yes, i realise that but some people like the idea of synthetic oil in their gearboxes and it is cheaper than the Difflock Evolution 1 stuff that I've seen people rave about. I just offered it as a suggestion.