Don't know what trade price is but its about $80 retail! Still its worth it as you probably will service the trans once every 4 or 5 years if doing approx 10,000 kms per year. You can probably get away with using ramps as well. You will need to get the car reasonably high so a garage jack is the only way. This isn’t a small jack to say change your tyres. Not to big but enough so you can tap a ½ extension on the socket end. This is to tap the filter seal into place Dexron III Transmission fluid (1 bottle for the pan and 3 bottles in total for a flush.A drain pan (purchase from Repco for $8 to $10).A lot of newspaper (one whole newspaper should be enough).Very small flat head screwdriver (similar size to a jewelers set by slightly bigger.Cost me $7.80 and it was a triangular shape The one I used was from Bunnings by the brand name of Nicholson. You will need the following tools in no particular order (see picture below) : If one of the following you said yes to then the following guide may be of some help. So what is the idea of writing this guide? Basically to help others wanting to do the same thing.Īlso in writing this guide I am not endorsing any aspect of my mechanical knowledge and any mistakes you make are, at your own risk (just don't copy mine)ġ)Smell the trans fluid on your dipstick and it has a bad smell, like strong varnish.Ģ)Your trans hasn’t been serviced in a long time, at least 50,000kms or more.ģ)You want to change the fluid, filter and seal for peace of mind while you own the vehicle. This auto trans was standard for VT V6 and V8’s, including LS1’s right through to VZ I believe (correct me if this is not the case as I'm not 100% sure). I thought to share my ideas and write as much detail as possible based on my own experience on servicing a 4L60E transmission. Please note this guide is written at a simplistic level so anyone can follow these instructions.

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