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Trick to getting the pan down?

Is there a trick to getting the trans pan down.  It appears that I will have to remove the crossover and cats from the manifolds.  5.0L Stock exhaust.

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Trick to getting the pan down?

Reply #1 –
I've never had to remove any exhaust parts to pull the tranny pan. The only problem I've ever had was in figuring out how to eat as little ATF as possible...
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Trick to getting the pan down?

Reply #2 –
when i was doing oil changes at wallymart some 5yrs ago, we called it "getting a hot oil treatment". LOL!
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Trick to getting the pan down?

Reply #3 –
Well, all the bolts are out, wallowed in about 3 qts and the other 30some qts are in about 6 different pans.  The front lip on the pan wont clear the exhaust crossover the trans mount barely gives me enough room to get the rear pan down about 4 inches (the front hinges  between the exhaust and VB.  and to top it all off, the exhaust coupler under the passenger seat has about a 1/4 inch of clearance.

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Rear             Front 
--|___VB____|--
--,___Pan___,--          
             O <=exhaust pipe

I wonder if I've got super saggy motor mounts.  I'm going to pull the cats/crossover tomorrow.

Also, of you guys running true dualies, it looks to me that the shift linkage would get in the way.

I Cant get the ATF Smell to wash off anymore.

Trick to getting the pan down?

Reply #4 –
My tranny pan clears my exhaust without pulling anything out of the way including the trans mount.  The shift linkage is more of a concern with header fitment.
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Trick to getting the pan down?

Reply #5 –
Sorry I can't help on the pan removal... But...

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;170784
I've never had to remove any exhaust parts to pull the tranny pan. The only problem I've ever had was in figuring out how to eat as little ATF as possible...

There is a easy way to get most of the fluid out of the pan... Just remove the top cooler line, connect a piece of hose to it(routed into a bucket), start the engine and pump it out... This method  removes approx 95% of the fluid in the pan...

One caution, sometimes the lines are crossed or fluid enters from the bottom line... Yeah, that's fun...:punchballs:

When I doubt disconnect both lines...

Trick to getting the pan down?

Reply #6 –
I used to put a siphon hose down into the dip and jack the rear end of the car way up.  I could pull a siphon and drain about 75% of the oil this way.  This time i got lazy and I paid for it.

Trick to getting the pan down?

Reply #7 –
There is a easy way to get most of the fluid out of the pan... Just remove the top cooler line, connect a piece of hose to it(routed into a bucket), start the engine and pump it out... This method  removes approx 95% of the fluid in the pan...

One caution, sometimes the lines are crossed or fluid enters from the bottom line... Yeah, that's fun...:punchballs:

When I doubt disconnect both lines...[/QUOTE]

You beet me to the punch on that one. You could also put a drain plug in. Fairly cheap and would be set for future problems with the trans.  Just a thought
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