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Hello! I recently bought a tiara express 3500 that has 6CTA 450 diamonds and ZF 302vld transmissions.. I have been performing all possible preventative maintenance on the motors and transmissions to try to avoid big problems.. For the transmissions I did change the oil with SAE30 and new spin on filters ordered from here.. I did not clean the mesh filters when I did this oil change, is this something I can do without draining the oil?
Are these good transmissions? I am not finding any major information on them, I did noticed that one of them was low on oil before my oil change so I thought that maybe the oil cooler was bad but I did change the oil and its been about 15-20 hours and oil level has not gone down & no oil leaks in bilge either. I also noticed that Transmission oil pressure on stb is a bit lower while underway. about 225 compared to the port 275psi. My first move is to clean the mesh filters, then maybe try to switch the sender units.
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ZF302IV (VLD)
The ZF302IV (VLD) is a very well made gear. However, it is no longer made and is a tad tricky to rebuild unless you have a lot of past ZF experience, so treat it well….
Yes you can clean the filter with a minimum of oil loss. As to OIL pressure– I’d check use a quality mechanical gauge before you worry..
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