centre sandwich plate

[neal82]

WTF is it and how do i replace it. mechanic wants to charge way more than i want to pay him

got an ML triton TD manual. willing to pay in booze or electrical work for whoever can help me do it or do it for me.

cheers in advance

Neal

[shortie]

Is it something to do with the oil cooler

[neal82]

thats all i can seem to find out about it.

mechanic reckons he has to drop the whole box out to replace it. just trying to figure out if he's after a sneaky $ from me.

hoping mickfillet, or one of the other mechanically minded people knows and can help out

[shortie]

Well I would start by asking the mechanic what it does how can he identify it's broken

Why was it taken there in the first place

I don't understand that if you don't know what it is or what it does then how would you have any conceivable idea of what it should cost to replace

[Bi_polar]

Sounds like he might be talking about something to do with the clutch.

Why does he want to replace it?

[mottly crew]

spend $30 go to the auto shop and buy a manual and read up on it thats what i do and save heaps of cash over the years

[shortie]

There will be a spacer Plate between gearbox and motor

Could be what he means

[neal82]

Well I would start by asking the mechanic what it does how can he identify it's broken

Why was it taken there in the first place

I don't understand that if you don't know what it is or what it does then how would you have any conceivable idea of what it should cost to replace

sorry mate,

i should clarify that i'll happily pay what he's asking if its a reasonable cost, i wasn't being too clear in my original post, been a long couple of days for me.

it was taken there in the first place for a service, he said its leaking oil from the centre sandwich plate and will need replacing. says he has to drop out the gearbox to do so.

everything i've found on the interweb in referance to a sandwich plate is refering to the a part that goes between the block and the oil filter. can't find anything about a centre sandwich plate.

[neal82]

Sounds like he might be talking about something to do with the clutch.

Why does he want to replace it?

oil leaking out of it, could be gearbox oil i guess

i'm not too great with mechanical stuff!

[shortie]

I would be happy to speak to the mechanic for you to get some more clarification if you need

[wheel fish]

Hey Neal82

The Sandwich Plate is the most commonly used adaptor when fitting oil coolers. call around to mechanics with this info and get a comparative price for replacement

cheers

[wheel fish]

should have clarified that a sandwich plate is an adapter between 2 components so it can be on your gearbox or transfer case (4X4)as well. you would need to confirm with your mechanic which sandwich plate he is talking about

[neal82]

Hey Neal82

The Sandwich Plate is the most commonly used adaptor when fitting oil coolers. call around to mechanics with this info and get a comparative price for replacement

cheers

so seeing as he said he needs to take the gbox out, its probably between the box and trans oil cooler?

[wheel fish]

that would be my guess mate

get at least 2 comparative quotes though before you decide on price of repair

[dirtridder]

if the box has to come out. its the rear main seal or the front seal on the gear box.dont know why any one would call ether a sandwich plat and if thats what it is. its a hole lot of labor to change that $12 part.

[dirtridder]

after rereading the heading. neal is it posable that the mechanic said center bearing and pressure plate?

[neal82]

no mate, he definately said centre sandwich plate, i emailed him to clarify after i went to repco and bursons and got quotes for front & rear gbox seals and input and output transfer case seals. a total of $77.50 in parts for all 4 seals.

[neal82]

that would be my guess mate

get at least 2 comparative quotes though before you decide on price of repair

that was my plan, but being a holiday tomorrow it'll have to wait until thursday for me to call someone, so figured i'd ask on here incase someone knew what it was and didn't mind giving me a hand one weekend.

[ellicat]

I'll give you a hand one weekend or weekday. I know nothing whatsoever about what you are doing or talking about though. Happy to hand you tools (providing I'm not in the middle of rolling a dart) and bring drinks.

[rayke1938]

Not a holiday in outer areas such as redlands etc.

Cheers

ray

[billythakid]

centre sandwich plate sounds like the seal between the gearbox and transfer case

similaar to this is my guess

[billythakid]

give these guys a call , they should be open tommorrow

/>http://www.hammond4wd.com.au/contact.php

/>http://www.redlands4wd.com.au/contact.htm

[neal82]

I'll give you a hand one weekend or weekday. I know nothing whatsoever about what you are doing or talking about though. Happy to hand you tools (providing I'm not in the middle of rolling a dart) and bring drinks.

thanks brian, but i was ind of hoping that the handing over tools and drinking would be more my job because i know as much about this as you do your force

[neal82]

centre sandwich plate sounds like the seal between the gearbox and transfer case

similaar to this is my guess

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that could be it, its hard to tell at the moment because it was only serviced yesterday so there's a few spots where there is oil.

i'll try and get a picture in the next few days from where i think the leak is.