Trans filter replacement - HELP!!!
10-17-2008, 11:20 PM
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Trans filter replacement - HELP!!!
So I'm changing the trans filter on the AW4 and I get this far...
The pan is completely free from the trans itself, but I can't get the filler tube disconnected from the pan. It looks like a simple connection that should just slide apart, but I'm fighting it. I even managed to get a screwdriver on the lip of the tube from above and peck with a hammer, but still no success. Then I removed the one bolt that holds the filler tube to the bellhousing, but with the whole tube attached, I can't twist the pan enough to get it around the exhaust and crossmember. I'm probably missing something simple...any tips?
The pan is completely free from the trans itself, but I can't get the filler tube disconnected from the pan. It looks like a simple connection that should just slide apart, but I'm fighting it. I even managed to get a screwdriver on the lip of the tube from above and peck with a hammer, but still no success. Then I removed the one bolt that holds the filler tube to the bellhousing, but with the whole tube attached, I can't twist the pan enough to get it around the exhaust and crossmember. I'm probably missing something simple...any tips?
10-18-2008, 12:32 AM
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So I'm changing the trans filter on the AW4 and I get this far...
The pan is completely free from the trans itself, but I can't get the filler tube disconnected from the pan. It looks like a simple connection that should just slide apart, but I'm fighting it. I even managed to get a screwdriver on the lip of the tube from above and peck with a hammer, but still no success. Then I removed the one bolt that holds the filler tube to the bellhousing, but with the whole tube attached, I can't twist the pan enough to get it around the exhaust and crossmember. I'm probably missing something simple...any tips?
The pan is completely free from the trans itself, but I can't get the filler tube disconnected from the pan. It looks like a simple connection that should just slide apart, but I'm fighting it. I even managed to get a screwdriver on the lip of the tube from above and peck with a hammer, but still no success. Then I removed the one bolt that holds the filler tube to the bellhousing, but with the whole tube attached, I can't twist the pan enough to get it around the exhaust and crossmember. I'm probably missing something simple...any tips?
Unbolt the top part 1st and twist it off as the book says.
I'd be wrenching right now but someone wanted to see a movie. That person is snoring during this stupid movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck.
10-18-2008, 10:45 AM
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I tried putting a couple bolts back in the pan to hold it in place and then unbolting the top part again and twisting like ****. No dice. The filter was keeping the pan from coming off with the whole tube attached, so took the filter off with the pan dangling and bent the lower part of the tube so that the whole assembly could wiggle out. Then had to stand in the pan and pull up with both hands to get the tube apart. Whew! How could something so simple be so hard?
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I know, it didn't make sense that it was attached so firmly...oh well, it's off now!
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Unless it is different where you live the AZ clerks here don't know squat about parts. The gasket looks like one for a Grand Cherokee and not an AW4 Cherokee. They can't even figure the difference between the two vehicles IMO. I go to AZ as a last resort.
You may pay a little more at NAPA or even O'Reilley's but the parts are better and their personell know more about the vehicles they sell stuff for.
You may pay a little more at NAPA or even O'Reilley's but the parts are better and their personell know more about the vehicles they sell stuff for.
10-18-2008, 01:17 PM
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I hear what you're saying about AZ. That's why I watched the clerk make the correct selections on the screen...I guess their database is wrong. ARGHHH!!! Taking it back and going to NAPA. Thanks!
10-18-2008, 03:33 PM
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I tried putting a couple bolts back in the pan to hold it in place and then unbolting the top part again and twisting like ****. No dice. The filter was keeping the pan from coming off with the whole tube attached, so took the filter off with the pan dangling and bent the lower part of the tube so that the whole assembly could wiggle out. Then had to stand in the pan and pull up with both hands to get the tube apart. Whew! How could something so simple be so hard?
I've had some Chevys and Fords that were that tough but never the 2 piece filler tube.
The book makes it sound easy.
Sounds like the Orings are old and baked on.
On my 95 the tube is wicked long and goes over the drivers side around the block. On my 96 the tube is short and on the passenger side.
Who thought these combos up?
10-18-2008, 03:36 PM
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Now that it's over I feel better because I came out $7 ahead of the game.
Looks like the right gasket to them, Square peg, round hole.
10-18-2008, 07:56 PM
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Yeah, Autozone sucked ***** here, too, until they went out of business.
Problem is, the NAPA guys here are all idiots, (they also stiff pizza deliverymen, and since I was one once, I won't give them a dime of my considerable business. I mean what kind of auto parts guy ticks off the pizza delivery guy?)
I've NEVER received the right part from NAPA in my town. They have a talent for getting it wrong.
O'Reilly's is okay, but they just hired a guy who is dumber than a brick, and Carquest is a bit high, though they have decently knowledgeable people.
Problem is, the NAPA guys here are all idiots, (they also stiff pizza deliverymen, and since I was one once, I won't give them a dime of my considerable business. I mean what kind of auto parts guy ticks off the pizza delivery guy?)
I've NEVER received the right part from NAPA in my town. They have a talent for getting it wrong.
O'Reilly's is okay, but they just hired a guy who is dumber than a brick, and Carquest is a bit high, though they have decently knowledgeable people.
10-18-2008, 08:27 PM
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The AZ in my town is awesome, i have also known all the guys that work there for quite some time now. Two of them are ASE certified parts distributors and know there stuff!!! 
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Yeah, Autozone sucked ***** here, too, until they went out of business.
Problem is, the NAPA guys here are all idiots, (they also stiff pizza deliverymen, and since I was one once, I won't give them a dime of my considerable business. I mean what kind of auto parts guy ticks off the pizza delivery guy?)
I've NEVER received the right part from NAPA in my town. They have a talent for getting it wrong.
O'Reilly's is okay, but they just hired a guy who is dumber than a brick, and Carquest is a bit high, though they have decently knowledgeable people.
Problem is, the NAPA guys here are all idiots, (they also stiff pizza deliverymen, and since I was one once, I won't give them a dime of my considerable business. I mean what kind of auto parts guy ticks off the pizza delivery guy?)
I've NEVER received the right part from NAPA in my town. They have a talent for getting it wrong.
O'Reilly's is okay, but they just hired a guy who is dumber than a brick, and Carquest is a bit high, though they have decently knowledgeable people.
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