hctbn
Member
Mine's a LT85 in a military 110 3.5 V8 and it's done about 280,000km - 175k miles. It's had reasonable oil changes, but it's a bugger to get to the gearbox oil filler so I must confess I haven't been religious about it. Just had the heads off and certainly couldn't complain - bit of coke on the piston crowns and heads but the valves just needed a bit of a lap and then a bit of a scrape round the bores.
I would always advocate main dealer or the OEM for the Gearbox Filters....aftermarket/third party filters can either be the wrong filtration grade causing little filtration or getting clogged easier...and also the filter material has been known to break up due to sub-standard materials....
Filtran on the ZF box - not sure who the OEM is for the GM box....but I got mine from my friendly local dealer
2006 onwards they stopped using the GM boxes and all used ZF's....
until about 2009 even the ZF boxes had issues - from 2009 onwards they seem more robust, but that is not to say they are without issues....more reports could start coming in as these later cars approach the 80K barrier....
busakaz
Active Member
ok then main dealer it is then been quoted 70 squid for filter,gasget,and bolts...
StuckAgainSteve
Well-Known Member
They started fitting boxes rated for the job in hand after the first Ford facelift.
Can't remember what I paid for my ZF Filtran filter....£45 for the Filter I think a tenner for the gasket....few quid for the O ring....no bolts to replace on the ZF Box...
StuckAgainSteve
Well-Known Member
My point exactly. The later models are also starting to show signs of failure now
The problem described above looks more like **** build quality rather than transmission weakness as per earlier L322s.
