"This thing shoots through schools."

 

Save the pan, remove every other bolt, then one corner, let drain from that corner and continue loosening each allowing to drain as it lowers, be patient its not that messy. oh yeah almost forgot... put a catch pan under it first... hehe..

 

I gotta say, i agree with others here, these people that ruin the pan are silly. there is absolutly no reason to ruin it. If you can't get a pan off without making a huge mess have someone else do it. Even if you get a tad dirty who cares, it washes off easily.

Once the pan is off, sure drill a hole in it and put a plug in so you can drain...

Brandn

 

LMAO!!!!!!!

"John Dangerously"!!!!!

"My sister destroyed my tranny pan once...........once."

 

I put a hole in mine from 600ft.



In the dark!

 

"You fargin' bastages! I'm gonna put you bowels in a meat grinder!!"

Alright..been thinking it over and talked to a few people about it..and read all of your posts..So I think I'm gonna try to remove it to drain it. No hole.

I'll be on here next weekend with results.

Thanks..

Dan

 

"My mother hung me on a hook once...once."

"Magna carta, mastercharga, you missed the bus, I missed the bus, when's the next bus? Antimerridiean, uncle merridean, all the little merridieans."

 

"Radio's too louda"

 

a new 4x4 pan is like 30-40 bucks the oem one should be cheaper.. save yourself the hassle & poke a hole in it...

be sure to tell us which way you ended up doing it.. i was of the same mind as you.. "save the stock pan"
started to slowly drop it and poured tranny fluid all over the crossmember & ground.. bolted it back up & punched a hole in it.

 

I already have a garage FULL of "spare" lightning parts. The Stock pan is not one i would waste space on.. I would drill it to save the mess.

Doug

 

could you drill it, when dry, put a tap into it, and just bolt in a stoper?

 

Now that's funny!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Phillip thats what i was geting at, ruining the pan though is rediculous. Of course i was also saying that its soo easy to drain a tranny pan without a mess that people shouldnt have to drill or poke holes in the pan to swap them out...

 

you never know. I just loosened all the most, then removed them from the the front. With the rear jacked up, the fluid will drain a bit. Then just hold the pan up, and removed all the bolts except for the side that 's elevated the highest, gently drop the pan, let it drain. The push it up and down the fluid will slosh around and drain. When most of it's out, take the last 3 or 4 bolts off and remove the pan. Took less than 5 minutes and i have a pan if i need it.......for lord knows what. Works good ont he shelf for putting other stock parts in you took off the truck!!!

 

You better mean 1200 meters with the .50