tranny help
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tranny help
i have an 06 supercrew 4wheel drive and i just put a mag hytec pan on when i went to empty the old oil out of the pan i found a yellow plunger with an oring on it what is this for and should i be driving with out it
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Just One of Those Things:
Fear not....the plastick gimmick is a plug used to close the dipstick port in the tranny during manufacture. Rather than retrieve the plug at final assembly it's just pushed into the pan where it lives harmlessly; I think it is also designed to generate worry and questions by the DIY gang at the first tranny service....there seems to be a somewhat morbid sense-of-humor among those design engineers.
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Fear not....the plastick gimmick is a plug used to close the dipstick port in the tranny during manufacture. Rather than retrieve the plug at final assembly it's just pushed into the pan where it lives harmlessly; I think it is also designed to generate worry and questions by the DIY gang at the first tranny service....there seems to be a somewhat morbid sense-of-humor among those design engineers.