Sometimes it's just better to pay someone to fix it
 

Today was the frist time in a long time that I paid someone to fix my car when I knew I could do it myself. After a lot of reading about changing the transmission filter and fluid, plus replacing a leaking adapter plug I decided to see what it would cost to have it done. I got quotes from over $400.00 to as low as $150.00. By asking a lot of questions I was able to weed out the people who didn't have a clue about the XKR even though they thought they did. I went with a small shop in Athens, GA called Diversified Automotive. I liked most of the answers I got. Plus they didn't mind all the questions. It ended up costing $183.71 and it went in at noon and was ready by noon the next day. I can't tell you how great it felt to drop it off and then pick it up all ready to drive. If you are in the Athens area no matter which ride needs attention, I'd call and ask for James 706-353-8808.

That's a great price.

Can I ask what fluid they used?

The trans fluid was BG.

Wait... was it $183.71 including the pan and fluid, or did you provide the pan and fluid and they charged $183.71 for labor? Because $183.71 sounds like a great price for labor only. But if you got everything for that price, you got an incredible deal!

Great to hear David, also consider putting your shop recommendation into the proper Regional section of the forum also...for others to benefit from your extensive research and first hand experience.

That's for dropping the pan and cleaning it, replacing the filter, replacing the electric connector that was leaking and a few quarts of tranny fluid. Yes, it was a great deal!

That's a great price no matter what, but they didn't replace the filter. The filter is integrated into the pan. It's embedded in the plastic. You can't remove it unless you take a Dremel tool to the plastic pan, and that ruins the pan, of course. But still, the filter probably didn't need replaced. There's nothing in the transmission to get dirty. The magnets on the filter pan will pick up any microscopic metal particles. I would have gladly paid someone $184 to do it for me.

That's for the XK8. The XKR has a different transmission. For another $100.00 they would have flushed the entire system first, then pulled the pan to do what they did. But I was to worried by the stories of high mileage cars that didn't have regular transmission service failing after flushes. So why take a chance.