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View Poll Results: Would you now consider doing your own transmission after seeing these pics?
Yes, these pics make it look easy 37 29.84%
No 36 29.03%
swissfrank, will you do my transmission? 51 41.13%
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:15 PM
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Transmission Rebuild Pics, do these pics make you want to DIY when it comes time?

Here are some pics for those of you that were following My X5 transmission rebuild last year so closely.

Since it was time for me to do the transmission in my Land Rover I took some pics to highlight what the insides of our tranmissions look like. And hopefully inspire some confidence in others.

These transmissions are very similar in their construction just differing in the size (larger in the x5 and at least 1 extra gear).

***I do want to point out that both me and my friend are both corporate white collars and not mechanics.***

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This is the complete assembly as it would be inside the transmission front front to back




Clutch Packs A to F with planetary gear sets.

soaking the friction material in ATF



packing the clutches with frictions and steals


applying lube to the bearing

lining up the cluthces

planetary gear set components, also soaking them in ATF






The components going back into the case

Bottom of transmissio where Valve body attaches to

plantary gears inside the case


packing the clutch brakes








dry friciton material, not yet soaked in ATF










valve body - of which the x5 is a lot more complex.


case full of components and bell housing attached. you can see the components inside.

this is where the tourque converter is attached

parking brake pawl

you can see the planetary gear set here and the clutch packs


valve body stuff




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Old 01-26-2009, 11:45 PM
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Holy Shit! Is this some kind of joke thread?
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Old 01-27-2009, 12:01 AM
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makes the pain go away... haha
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Old 01-27-2009, 12:28 AM
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assembly lube of choice
Can anyone photo-shop the hands/lube from this and paste into another pic!? (insert evil grin here)

But seriously, This is my future plans when the time comes. I worked at a trans shop for a lil while before I made it to the dealer. Where did you get the new parts? (company name?)

Let us know how she drives when it's all said and done too. (bragging is allowed )
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Wow. I'm a dentist and that was some fancy operatin' there.
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Old 01-27-2009, 12:38 AM
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Can anyone photo-shop the hands/lube from this and paste into another pic!? (insert evil grin here)

But seriously, This is my future plans when the time comes. I worked at a trans shop for a lil while before I made it to the dealer. Where did you get the new parts? (company name?)

Let us know how she drives when it's all said and done too. (bragging is allowed )
I've been trying to get my friend to try the dark side with his girlfriend, haha.

This time I got my parts from a distrubutor that gets them from King-O Matic here in Canada. When I rebuilt my X5 transmission I got the parts from Kirt Koeller at AutoSports Unlimited in the US and shipped to me. The X5 transmission is pretty solid, as long as your F Clutch stays in good shape, you'll be golden =)

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Old 01-27-2009, 12:43 AM
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Well I've never been to Detroit yet... haha
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Old 01-27-2009, 12:45 AM
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Thanks for the info, just screen shotted it for the records.
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