My transmission pan is leaking so I was looking for a gasket online. After seeing how cheap it was just to get a new pan and filter I'm considering doing that. Most pans I've been seeing are deep pans (typically +2 qrts). Is it worth it having the deeper pan? Only real drawback I can think of is more likely to scrape it on speed bumps.
Is a deeper pan worth it?
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Iirc Someone recently mentioned that newer 999 or 998 pans were an inch or maybe 2 deeper that the 60s 904 pans and the filter comes with the needed extension.
Do the research, don't just trust my memory.
Do the research, don't just trust my memory.
The 999 pans add an extra quart and a drain plug. Deep 904 transmission pan?
33IMP
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I put a deeper trans pan on EVERYTHING. (Especially if it has a deeper engine oil pan. Headers or a deep engine pan will hit long before a trans pan!)
More fluid=cooler fluid=longer better trans life.
More fluid=cooler fluid=longer better trans life.
They make them for the 727. I always ran a deep one. As long as you have clearance.
B&M makes a cast aluminum one that has a drain plug and is tough as nails. Check Summit racing.
Yeah, and they are mighty proud of them too. I got a steel pan from A&A for a better price. Also installed a large cooler up front!
$300 for the b&m, A&A is half as much! Did yours come with bolts for the extension? Their description doesn't mention it but I think I seem them in their tiny, non-enlarging picture.
Yes, everything for the swap was included!
Scody21
Just send it
Isn’t the 46RE pan the same as the 727?
I slammed mine on a manhole cover a couple years ago, hard enough that it broke the front u-joint, but only made a small scrape mark in the pan. I fully expected that pan to be cracked after the impact, but amazingly it was fine.
MopaR&D
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Summit makes a cast aluminum deep pan just like the B&M but much cheaper, I've had one on my 904 since 2010.
Just having a drain plug is worth it
Dragonsteel
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Check A&A. They had a deep one for a 904 that I got from them earlier this year.
I called them. Agreed on their website. It's horrible.
Yes get the deep pan. The A&A cast aluminum one comes with a re-usable pan gasket, pan rail bolts, billet aluminum filter extension, and Dacron filter. It’s $200 currently for their pan kit. Yes it’s worth it. The thick cast aluminum also helps stiffen the case. Only thing I do with the drain plug bolt is I use silicon on the threads to prevent leaks.
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