goarmyonem

Hello, I have a 2006 F-150 4.2 liter automatic. I went to change my tranny fluid. Not knowing yet that I was supposed to get it flushed, I dropped my tranny pan and this little yellow piece falls in the pan and I did not see where it came from. I have no idea where to put it back in. It is pointed round on one side with a black rubber o-ring and a skinny tube on the other. It looks like a toy top that you spin with your fingers. I am outta luck cause my truck got stuck in my driveway and now I can't get to work tomorrow. Can anybody help me? Thanks

05 super

Don't fret it man...it is to be thrown away..as per my Haynes manual..."Discard the factory-installed dust plug. This plug will be in the pan if this is the first time the fluid has been drained".....and the pic i'm looking at, looks like the top shape you've described.

goarmyonem

Your a lifesaver man, now I can button her back up. Thanks for the speedy reply. I love that inner demons quote, I'm gonna use that. Keep on keep'in on bro, YOU ROCK SUPER !!!!!!!! God bless you and yours.

Mod (Ret.)

Yep. My Haynes says the same about that factory assembly plug.

You'd think they would have imbossed a note to the same effect on this plastic plug to alert folks.

Gotta wonder how many others panic'd when they dropped the pan and saw this thing!

SinCityFX4

That happens quite a bit acutally. I see it pop up once a week between the different sites.

f150mashin559

if that happened to me i would have just thrown it away in the first place. im too lazy to find things sometimes.

05 super

glad i could help....now put that sucker back together and go have some fun with it

primalurges

you devirginized your tranny pan

pbofficer

Thanks guys you just saved me a lot of time!

Snpruitt

Hey anyone out there that can tell me how to drain my transmission. It's on a 2004 4x4 with a 5.4 liter engine. I looked all around the tranny pan an could not find the drain plug. Help