Hi folks,
I'm preparing my 170k mile 99 Discovery 1 for a 4000+ mile road trip through Arizona and Colorado this summer. I've been going maintenance crazy replacing anything that seems tired or worn out. I've only owned it for a year and the history of the vehicle is vague at best so, I'm really being particular about every detail.
With that being said, I had planned to do a transmission fluid, diff fluid, and transfer case fluid change before the trip. Upon inspection of the transmission fluid I noticed it was looking dirty, more of a reddish brown than red. My natural mechanical instincts said to simply change it out. Fortunately, I learned early to do a search on every simple detail I change on this vehicle and have found procedures to sometime be quite different!
So....upon research and inspection I can say that the fluid does not have a foul or burnt(coffee pot) smell to it. I have a very large nose and would have noticed.
However, it is in need of replacement.
I must state, I am in no way changing this fluid in hopes of saving a dying transmission. My trans shifts smooth and delivers each time. This is unfortunately the first automatic I've owned and I didn't pay attention to change the fluid when I bought it.
Is there a link that I could be given that would give a step by step process?
Any advice on how to go about this?
I understand with the fluid being reddish brown and having a lack of history presents issues. I even ran a carfax in hopes of finding a recent service record but, didn't find much after 2006 except for brakes and oil changes .
Thanks!
I'm preparing my 170k mile 99 Discovery 1 for a 4000+ mile road trip through Arizona and Colorado this summer. I've been going maintenance crazy replacing anything that seems tired or worn out. I've only owned it for a year and the history of the vehicle is vague at best so, I'm really being particular about every detail.
With that being said, I had planned to do a transmission fluid, diff fluid, and transfer case fluid change before the trip. Upon inspection of the transmission fluid I noticed it was looking dirty, more of a reddish brown than red. My natural mechanical instincts said to simply change it out. Fortunately, I learned early to do a search on every simple detail I change on this vehicle and have found procedures to sometime be quite different!
So....upon research and inspection I can say that the fluid does not have a foul or burnt(coffee pot) smell to it. I have a very large nose and would have noticed.
However, it is in need of replacement.
I must state, I am in no way changing this fluid in hopes of saving a dying transmission. My trans shifts smooth and delivers each time. This is unfortunately the first automatic I've owned and I didn't pay attention to change the fluid when I bought it.
Is there a link that I could be given that would give a step by step process?
Any advice on how to go about this?
I understand with the fluid being reddish brown and having a lack of history presents issues. I even ran a carfax in hopes of finding a recent service record but, didn't find much after 2006 except for brakes and oil changes .
Thanks!