5r55e transmission dipstick

[Blacksheep Josh]

Tranny dipstick fell out, dipstick is in the bed of the truck and I got 2 hours left to drive, then 4 hours back home tomorrow. Will it be okay until then?l

 

[arco777]

If the dipstick tube came out, it should just push back in; usually only one bolt holds the tube and it just sits in a hole in the tranny with an o-ring. You can push the tube into place and tape or bungee the tube so it doesn't jump out.

If you cannot re-install the tube you should still plug the hole somehow if possible. Depending on how hot the tranny gets it is possible that fluid expansion may try to force fluid out the hole. Either way you don't want dirt getting into that hole.

 

[Blacksheep Josh]

I ended up just driving the two hours, it's definitely leaking fluid right now... :-(

The engine/transmission was to hot for me to try to do any work on it, but tomorrow I'm gonna try to jump the front two tires onto the curb where it's parked so I have some more room to get underneath of it and get that dipstick reinstalled.

The tech that tried to install it said the engine may have to be moved or the transmission dropped to install it... I don't think that's correct, I can't remember when we reinstalled the engine/tranny how we did it, but I'm thinking that because I just pulled it out, it should just go back in and I should be able to reach up and put it back in.

Worse case scenario, there's a Goodyear up the street that I'm hoping won't charge to much for putting it back in.