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Hi all.
Did a search but no luck. Just wondering if and how to install a drain plug to a auto trans on a au falcon? Thanks
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Location: vic
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Drain plug kit about $25 on Ebay (but you probably knew that ).
Should be an easy thing to fit. Thinking about fitting one myself. Wonder it hasn't been shown on here before ? Last edited by speedzter; 12-02-2014 at 11:23 PM. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Thanks guys. Dynomite pan looks good but abit pricey as its only my daily driver.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hi. Cant see a need for a drain plug on an auto, even if you drain the oil with a plug you still need to drop the pan to check for metal and clutch lining sediment as well as change the filter. Its not hard to pull the bolts out of one end or side of a pan and then loosen the next bolts as you go. Cheers MD
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It makes perfect sense to me to have a drain plug.
Definitely makes for a less messy filter change. |
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Hi. And once the pan is off it still drips oil from all over the valve body no matter how you drained the oil. the drain plug is just another place to leak and another thread for someone to strip. Cheers MD
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You are both right I reckon...
I put them in my pans at least you drain most of the oil out before you remove the pan so its less messy once you unbolt it. Always use a bit of cardboard as well for drips. Beer carton is a good size. FYI I do most of my oil changes while they are hot so the less hot oil hits me the better. They can leak as well, install them on side or somewhere where they cant get knocked off on a low speedbump etc. For the OP, I weld them in myself from other bits of threaded metal I get from elsewhere. Basically you need a thin sheet of metal with a few mms of thread that you can fit a bolt into. You then cut and weld it into your pan. Use lots of threadtape on the bolt... |
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