Watch this before changing your transmission fluid Jeep Cherokee/liberty KJ 2.8CRD

[@alangrant5278]

A flattened cardboard box helps catch the stray drips.

[@glchow]

Your not wrong

[@jimsilver9835]

hi, I'm just about to perform this task and was horrified to see how it ended! but then I thought wait, your gearbox must've already had a fault before the oil change??

[@glchow]

Yes and no. The car had no service history. It was hard changing when the car did long drives. It should have been replaced routinely and if it had been a sealed gearbox I wouldn’t have attempted it. I have said to clients many times before that if you change the it could fix it or kill it, in this case I can only assume the clean oil cleaned too much?

[@PazLeBon]

electric screwdriver be useful haha

[@sa432jh]

Did you have a fault before the oil change?

[@glchow]

Yes the gearbox was hard shifting when hot. No warnings, but a sign something was wrong

[@alangrant5278]

I love the smell of transmission oil l. But not as much as differential oil.

[@jeremytodd4906]

Did you find out what the fault was?

[@glchow]

No, I scrapped the vehicle. It was not a great example. It would have needed the transmission reconditioned or replaced. This happened just as fuel prices started to rocket also and 20mpg was not great. With the power of hind sight I should have left it alone. The previous owner had never serviced it so fluid change was long overdue

[@jeremytodd4906]

@glchow Thanks, I'm just about to buy one and I'd like to do a full service including the gearbox so I was curious if you had got to the bottom of it.