Rebuilding ZF5HP24

[TriX5]

Good luck A. !

BTDT and it is a great feeling when you get it back together!

[civdiv99]

BTDT ?

[wilky]

Originally Posted by civdiv99

BTDT ?

Been There Done That.

[addiction]

Parts came today! I'll be heading to the parts store to get the fluid. I'm using Royal Purple esso fluid. Couple of questions.

Is the rear main seal on the engine easy to replace? Figured its cheap insurance.

Anyone recommend a different fluid other than Royal Purple?

[civdiv99]

Originally Posted by wilky

Been There Done That.

Sometimes I miss the obvious.

[addiction]

Well I rebuilt the trans today. Sorry no pics. Camera was dead. Thank you civd for the pointers. As was expected. The oring in the a drum was broken. The rest of trans looked great. I did replace the b hub axial bearing as it looked very worn. It wasn't broken but I could tell the race was very worn. Paper thin. I used Valvoline oil that specified for our trans. It was that at 6.00 vs Royal Purple 15.00 a quart. Used a total of 8 qrts. I did drain as much fluid out if the torque converter as I could. I can only assume there was still a qrt in there. I started at 7am and was done 7pm today with the help of and old friend. Thanks again for the pointers. It runs great. Time will only tell how well I did.

[civdiv99]

Originally Posted by addiction

Well I rebuilt the trans today. Sorry no pics. Camera was dead. Thank you civd for the pointers. As was expected. The oring in the a drum was broken. The rest of trans looked great. I did replace the b hub axial bearing as it looked very worn. It wasn't broken but I could tell the race was very worn. Paper thin. I used Valvoline oil that specified for our trans. It was that at 6.00 vs Royal Purple 15.00 a quart. Used a total of 8 qrts. I did drain as much fluid out if the torque converter as I could. I can only assume there was still a qrt in there. I started at 7am and was done 7pm today with the help of and old friend. Thanks again for the pointers. It runs great. Time will only tell how well I did.

Excellent!!!

Yeah, I run whatever universal stuff; started with Mobile, but did just a drain type change to Redline last year, which means I have some unknown resulting concoction in there now. I don't generally promote that idea when folks ask (like you did in an earlier post in this thread, bit i stayed quiet on that item). But, now you already pulled that trigger, thus my above comment.

Wow, when i think about it, I've put almost 30k mi on that trans I did coming up on 3 years ago, even though I didn't post about it for a few months after that. Your satisfaction with an economical weekend repair will not soon wane.

[admranger]

Originally Posted by addiction

Well I rebuilt the trans today. Sorry no pics. Camera was dead. Thank you civd for the pointers. As was expected. The oring in the a drum was broken. The rest of trans looked great. I did replace the b hub axial bearing as it looked very worn. It wasn't broken but I could tell the race was very worn. Paper thin. I used Valvoline oil that specified for our trans. It was that at 6.00 vs Royal Purple 15.00 a quart. Used a total of 8 qrts. I did drain as much fluid out if the torque converter as I could. I can only assume there was still a qrt in there. I started at 7am and was done 7pm today with the help of and old friend. Thanks again for the pointers. It runs great. Time will only tell how well I did.

Ok, so let me get this straight, you spent 12 hours wrestling with the transmission rebuild and then you throw in some generic fluid that Valvoline says is ok (but it doesn't meet the ZF specs or it would have said it meets them). "No bartender, I don't care what's in my drink, just pour in that equivalent stuff..."

I don't get it. ZF Lifeguard oil is available from online vendors (I got mine from the California Transmission Supply Company). Why put in generic oil after all that work?