Ok... changed transmission fluid today

97 f150, v8, auto trans

when i pulled the pan and the filter out i found this little plastic thingie in the pan. It looked like a spinning top but smaller and it had a little rubber gasket around the fat part.

anyway, i looked and looked and couldn't find where it goes. so i put the thing back together without it.

anybody knows what that was? do I need it?

truck rusn fine without it... for about a half hour so far anyway

thanks,
sal

 

HI!... Don't worry about it. Just throw it away. It's a plug used at the factory to plug the hole where the trans dipstick tube goes. FORD uses this plug to keep dust/dirt from entering the tranny. At the factory when they install the dipstick tube they just push it into the tranny pan instead of taking it out. It's harmless and won't hurt anything. You did the right thing by discarding it.

 

I love to imagine you looking around, trying to stick that plug in an opening

Don't worry about it. You're not the 1st to find that plug and wonder what it's for.

 

Just a sick, sick guy.....

 

Gee, I would help if Ford would mention it in the factory manual. My '95 Ford book doesn't say a thing about it.

Steve in TX