Installing Drain Plug In Transmission Pan

Installing a transmission drain plug is one of the projects necessary when building a specialty vehicle or using rebuilt parts for vehicle restorations any rebuilding job can be very challenging because you must install or fabricate many parts yourself.

Installing drain plug in transmission pan.

2nd one i tried welding a pipe nipple and cap on which works but looks terrible. It looks like i need to spend about 300 on a new pan with extra capacity for a pan with a drain plug or a new oem pan is only 20. This goes for a simple thing like the transmission drain plug. With the drain plug kit installed you can then insert a temperature sending unit not included into the adapter and be able to monitor the temperature of your transmission fluid.

I add a drain plug to a transmission pan every time i change the fluid in my vehicles for the first time. Installing drain plug in transmission oil pan. Watch out when you remove the pan as there s a spring and a check ball on the outer edge that needs to be replaced when re installing the pan. Dwight 1995 f53.

I had trouble finding a place to do the transmission part of this so i talked a muffler shop guy into doing it today as he was not busy. I picked up a drain plug kit at a auto parts store and installed it when i had the pan off to change the transmission oil and filter. It makes the draining job a lot easier next time. If you are needing a gauge to monitor the transmission fluid temperature that will install on this drain plug kit d13010 you can use the derale temperature gauge kit part d13009.

Im not quite to my first transmission service yet but im not happy there isnt a drain plug on the pan. I also used a sending unit for my transmission temp gauge instead of the plug. It took most of the day and as part of the change over i added a drain plug to the transmission pan. I changed all of my fluids to synthetic.