source for magnet in trans. pan?

[saxon]

What kind and shape of magnet is helpful here? I visualize a flat, flexible, thin one but I have not seen this application before.

Anyone have a photo?

 

[vanionBB]

The magnet is a soft rectangular type. It is glued / welded to the bottom of the pan. Are you trying to replace your magnet or put another one in?

I would suggest getting an external transmission filter instead. This will make a huge difference and they are only 30 bux or so.

Good luck

 

[Turdle]

Install a magnetized drain plug

 

[spindlecone]

Just slap a BF magnet to the outside of the pan, will work the same as an internal magnet,easy.

 

[saxon]

No magnet when I pulled the pan....

Was there supposed to be one from the factory? I would have guessed that this was a virgin transmission based on how badly this car was maintained (ALL of the normal faults are present on this car; none have been fixed, even the easy ones.)

A few nights ago, I installed a drain bolt in the trans. pan. When I bought it I did not think to ask about a magnetic one.

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Rhett]

The pan on my 94 had strips of magnets on it. I did add a few flat ones and they've been in there about 30,000 miles now.

 

[Glacier991]

The radio shack ceramic round ones work nicely.

 

[ExplorerDMB]

Magnets aren't always welded.

-Drew

 

[BrooklynBay]

If you heat up a magnet, you will demagnetize it. Dropping a magnet will also demagnetize it. Magnetism is created when you put a magnetic field near iron, and it rearranges all of the atoms it an organized fashion. They are not organized on a normal basis. Ceramic magnets are natural magnets, since ceramics are not something that could be magnetized artificially (except for superconductors). They are composed of Yttrium Barium Copper oxide with a silver coating to make them conduct electricity at a higher temperature. Ferrite could become magnetic when it is exposed to a magnetic field, but wouldn't get magnetized in the process. That is the reason why they are used on toroids chokes, and on the loopsticks in AM radios.