NV4500 How many Qts?

[argve]

Ok boys I'm gonna do the old drain and fill on the NV4500 Tranny here in the coming weeks - just recieved my order from AMSOIL this afternoon - I ordered 6 quarts is this enough or did I not buy enough....

Any tips or tricks I should know before I go crawling under there.

 

[rubberfish]

Hi Travis, if I remember right, when I did mine, I used 5 litres.
And a litre is a little smaller than a quart. Mine was bone dry
when I did it as well. Sorry I can't be of more help,
but at least we know you have more than enough.

 

[argve]

Cool I would rather have too much than not enough.

 

[2500cummins]

It should hold:
4 qts stock,
4-3/4 qts with a filter,
close to 6 qts with 2 fastcoolers.

 

[Whit]

It should hold:
4 qts stock,
4-3/4 qts with a filter,
close to 6 qts with 2 fastcoolers.

A filter on a NV4500 Splain to me

 

[argve]

I have seen those "filters" in the Geno Cat - What a crock - basically what it is nothing more than a piece of filter media that is put in place of the stock side PTO cover then a replacement cover is bolted over it allowing a little bit of space behind the filter so that when the oil gets slung around it will filter out all the bad stuff That item ranks right up there with snake oil in my opinion.

But you never know I might be the one that is all wet...

 

[rubberfish]

I think I agree with ya....
Just change the oil every five years.

 

[TPCDrafting]

I put in 4.5 qts when I did mine a while back. I did the AM soil also.

 

[2500cummins]

A filter on a NV4500 Splain to me

Not snake oil IMO
The filter is made by Eaton Fuller, its normal aplication is larger truck transmissions. It is basicaly a bypass type filter, it has a scoop that diverts some of the oil wash from the PTO drive gear through a wound string type filter.
Here is a picture of the filter I removed after about 45000 miles, the oil enters the outside of the filter and returns to the case through the center. It looks to me like it cought quite a bit of crud, the oil I drained out was very clean with only a very slight yellowing. The other picture shows a new filter and base modified to use a fastcooler instead of the standard filter cover.
The filters are available from Genos Garage and Quad 4x4, The Quad 4x4 kits also include a magnet to stick inside the case.