Trans pan dent ok or not

[Mbrooks420]

North of Durham.

 

[donalds]

Yep

 

[CDW6212R]

The pan gaskets are also all rubber/steel these days, I'd reuse that unless it gets badly damaged. Wipe the area along the pan gasket well, not far above, just the gasket area, and the pan itself. It takes a large pan to catch the fluid well, and the big 2x3' steel flat pans are great to put underneath the catch pan. The ATF should be very transparent with low mileage on it, and should be easy to conclude it's clean, or spot anything in it.

The pan bolts and the filter bolts are small, filter bolt will be about 100inlbs, pan bolts maybe 15ftlbs. I also do them by hand, my best method is to use just the wrist, twisting without the arm to tighten. Use a small ratchet only, 1/4" works better to keep from getting them too tight. Go slow on the pan bolts and go around 2-3 times, skip every other bolt etc, until they are all snug but not locked down tight.

 

[shucker1]

No matter how careful you try to be on a pan drop it wants to go everywhere.

Like in your hair?

More than once I've taken a transmission fluid bath...

 

[Mr. Alligator]

Mercon shower. Yeah!

 

[donalds]

Hope I don't take a trans bath

 

[Mr. Alligator]

It is never really YOUR choice.

Good luck.

 

[Mbrooks420]

I don’t think I’ve ever dropped a pan and not gotten it in my hair. It seems better than old gear lube is all I can say.

 

[Turdle]

I have very thick, coarse hair on my head. but let me tell you, it never felt as soft as it did the week after it got soaked in mercon V .

 

[CDW6212R]

I haven't gotten ATF on my hair in years ... but I have so little I don't count wiping it off my forehead.

The last few times I removed a trans pan, I've spilled very little, just a few splashing drips from out of the drain pan. I go slow with the last two bolts, and if the hands are steady holding the pan while removing the last two bolts, it all goes into the drain pan. I'll make a video one of these days, it's easier to do once you've watched it done. I stopped putting drain plugs in about 20 years ago.

 

[shucker1]

I don’t think I’ve ever dropped a pan and not gotten it in my hair. It seems better than old gear lube is all I can say.

Yeah, Gear Oil is the clear winner!

Smells like dinosaur crap...

 

[donalds]

So I got it fixed

 

[donalds]

That converter pretty much fell off
Ill pb blaster 12inch ratchet

 

[donalds]

Found a transfer pump at the parts store for 12 bucks

I pumped the fluid out it was EXACTLY 1gal

 

[donalds]

The fluid looks dark but it's not looks like it did when it went in
Remember only 7500 miles on the trans all Together

 

[donalds]

I took the pan off and I found the filter was fine
This is what it looked like
I didn't spill a drop not a drop
Because I pumped it out nice

 

[donalds]

So I pounded out the dent with a piece of 2x4 and a hammer painted it black

 

[CDW6212R]

Cool, well done.

So did your son get a black finger?

 

[donalds]

The gasket was like new so I reused it installed the pan and torqued to 120 inch pounds in a crosshairs pattern
Installed cat I put a little antaisize on the header bolts and the crossover bolts

 

[donalds]

Before and after