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08-11-2019, 07:00 PM
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Senior Member
City: FL
Vessel Model: Benneteau Swift 42
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 469
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ZF 80A transmission
How often do you change the fluid/filter?
Says 300 hours,
Can I use DEX 6
What do you use
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08-11-2019, 08:25 PM
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#2
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Guru
City: Queensland
Vessel Model: Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 5,482
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What does the manual say?
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08-11-2019, 08:35 PM
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#3
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Technical Guru
City: Wilmington, NC
Vessel Name: Louisa
Vessel Model: Custom Built 38
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,194
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Filter is cleanable. Wire mesh strainer, really, no need to replace. Get fresh seals, though. If Dex 6 is backwards compatible, then yes. But check the manual or online specs. Do a couple fluid changes during break in, then every few hundred hours or few years.
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08-11-2019, 08:44 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
City: FL
Vessel Model: Benneteau Swift 42
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 469
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I have no history if or when the filters were changed, so I'll just buy new for now so I have a base line.
The manual says DexIII, which is no longer on the market, they list many foreign recommendations which are not avail here and
since they say dex III I think that list is obsolete.
Like feedback from other users of this tranny
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08-12-2019, 08:12 AM
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#5
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Member
City: Merlin
Vessel Name: True Grit
Vessel Model: Hankinson 25ft Alum
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 7
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Dex 3
I bought 4 gallons of Dex III at Walmart last month.
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08-12-2019, 10:39 AM
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#6
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Senior Member
City: San Francisco
Vessel Name: Couple’s Retreat
Vessel Model: 2019 North Pacific 45
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 463
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In the past, i’ve discarded the filter. How do you clean it? It’s not cheap @~$34 ea.
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08-12-2019, 10:52 AM
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#7
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Senior Member
City: Oak Island, NC
Vessel Name: Pawseidon
Vessel Model: Navigator 4600
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 134
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I have the same transmissions and used Castrol Transmax DEX/MERC transmission fluid from Advance Auto. Says it meets Dextron III. https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...9fcb/8140021-p
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08-12-2019, 08:55 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
City: FL
Vessel Model: Benneteau Swift 42
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 469
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Thanks
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08-12-2019, 09:32 PM
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#9
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Technical Guru
City: Wilmington, NC
Vessel Name: Louisa
Vessel Model: Custom Built 38
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,194
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jimdavi
In the past, i’ve discarded the filter. How do you clean it? It’s not cheap @~$34 ea.
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Take it out, rinse in diesel or gasoline or brake cleaner, blow out with compressed air or just shake it out. It's just a wire mesh strainer.
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08-13-2019, 06:17 AM
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#10
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TF Site Team
City: Seneca Lake NY
Vessel Name: Bacchus
Vessel Model: MS 34 HT Trawler
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,826
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ski in NC
Take it out, rinse in diesel or gasoline or brake cleaner, blow out with compressed air or just shake it out. It's just a wire mesh strainer.
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Exactly...
Cleaning is relatively easy.
Never having seen one I bought a replacement so I could do the change & refill then clean the old one and put in the spares bin with my other filters.
Once you see it I'm sure you will agree that cleaning is straight forward.
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2008 MS 34 HT Trawler
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