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C4 pan with drain plug

rydog1130

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I'm a fan of big pans and drain plugs.
One thing to watch out for though, is a deep-pan dipstick tube WITH headers.
I've seen more than one combo that gave people fits when trying to snake the dipstick up around over and through the header tubes.

Paul

I found the LOKAR flexible tubes work great. I did have to trim about an inch off and reflange the 90 degree bend in it to get it of the way of my headers.

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ammowaster

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When you unscrew the dipstick tube from the pan the fluid in the pan comes out. Putting in a drain plug is a cure for a problem that isn't there.

I guess that's one way to do it. Obviously lots of people want them as almost every high performance transmission or aftermarket pan has one.
 

bronconut73

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I had to take my pan down with the dip stick tube still attached. I could not unscrew it from the pan. I was afraid I was going to damage it.

Yes it was a bitch to remove the pan with the dip stick still installed. Lol
 

rydog1130

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I had to take my pan down with the dip stick tube still attached. I could not unscrew it from the pan. I was afraid I was going to damage it.

Yes it was a bitch to remove the pan with the dip stick still installed. Lol

That's how mine was and it leaked so I couldn't tighten it down. I ended up cutting it out with saw zall and replacing it with the lokar
 

blubuckaroo

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When you unscrew the dipstick tube from the pan the fluid in the pan comes out. Putting in a drain plug is a cure for a problem that isn't there.

X2^
I used the dipstick tub for years to drain the tranny pan. No use creating another opportunity for a leak.
And for those thinking they need to drain the converter, I drained the tranny pan and replaced the two quarts at every oil change. My tranny fluid was always in the pink.;)
 

welndmn

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Keep in mind that all deep pans are not created equal.
When I was looking 7-8 years ago, B and M was the only one that dropped the filter down lower into the pan, all the other just used the stock filter setup.
 

blubuckaroo

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Keep in mind that all deep pans are not created equal.
When I was looking 7-8 years ago, B and M was the only one that dropped the filter down lower into the pan, all the other just used the stock filter setup.

Does the B&M use an actual filter, or is it a screen like the factory pan uses?
 

welndmn

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Does the B&M use an actual filter, or is it a screen like the factory pan uses?

It uses a mopar 727 filter. Seems to be common, same one B and M used in my C6 pan, same one MagHytech uses in my Dodge diesel pan as well.
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