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Found something in my tranny pan when I changed the fluid , any idea what it is ?

Lemondrop

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Cocoa , Florida
Year, Model & Trim Level
1995 Sport , 1996 XLT 5.0
It looks like it might have been a plug for the dipstick tube from the factory . It's got a rounded head with a oring on it , and the other end has a long stem (about 2 inches long) it is all plastic . It was down in the sump of my 96 5.0 Explorer tranny pan . When I removed the pan and lowered it down , I saw it in the fluid down in the sump .
I changed the fluid (drained torque converter also) and replaced the filter with a new one . Truck shift 10000 times better than it did before the change and I could find nowhere the plastic plug belonged so I assume it was for shipping the tranny or something to keep dirt out and was dropped in the tranny and left there durning assembly .
Ill try to upload a pic of it .
 






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Nothing but love for ya :) :)

I figured thats what it was for ,since Im a mechanic but the wife dosent understand :)
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Here is pictures for anybody's future reference .
Thanks again , you made the wife happy :)
 






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