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Technical => Drivetrain Tech => Topic started by: woody76 on September 20, 2007, 02:37:31 PM

Title: NEED HELP...!! quick.....
Post by: woody76 on September 20, 2007, 02:37:31 PM
I was going to change oil and filter for the transmission and when i dropped the oil pan this part was laying in one corner of the pan.
the dia.is ca 3/4 inch

oops forgot to tell its a aod(86 5,0)

Where does it belong?? and what is it??

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Title: NEED HELP...!! quick.....
Post by: Chooglin on September 20, 2007, 04:33:29 PM
no worries.that is put in there for shipping ,at the factory.it should be the same dia. as the fill tube.
Title: NEED HELP...!! quick.....
Post by: doodaa on September 20, 2007, 04:34:39 PM
It would worry me more that the fluid and filter may never have been changed???
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Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on September 20, 2007, 11:17:51 PM
Quote from: doodaa;177499
It would worry me more that the fluid and filter may never have been changed???



yup
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Post by: 32VFoxBird on September 21, 2007, 12:22:34 AM
yea, that's a fill tube plug for keeping debris out of a tranny if the dipstick tube is removed. hold onto it.

i wish i could find some of those plugs you use on the output shaft.
Title: NEED HELP...!! quick.....
Post by: woody76 on September 21, 2007, 01:15:57 AM
Thanks for clearing this guys
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Post by: MasterBlaster on September 23, 2007, 01:58:18 PM
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yea, that's a fill tube plug for keeping debris out of a tranny if the dipstick tube is removed. hold onto it.
Actually, (as Chooglin said) it's a plug to keep debris out of the tranny until the dipstick tube is installed at the factory. Shove the tube in, the plug falls into the pan where it lives happily ever after. Even if the fluid & filter were changed in the past, the Jiffy-lube "mechanic" probably put it back in the pan so he wouldn't have any "left-over parts" on his cart that he couldn't identify.