Ok, let me preface this with the fact that my husband is out to sea and I am trying to fix my truck! I don't know much but I am learning. I got under my F150 (1999) to drop the pan and change the fluid in the transmission. There is no drainplug on the pan. But, there is a whole that is not threaded to the front of the transmission that looks.... wrong! And I can see gears in it so I don't think that this should be open. Is there something that formerly filled this whole, or am I just ignorant!?!? See pics... and somebody help, please!!

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And I don't know any other way to post this pic, so if anyone has any suggestions on that please suggest away!!

L~

 

that hole is suppost to be there, what you are seeing inside is where the flywheel and the torque converter bolt together.the hole is there to take the plug out of the converter and drain the fluid out during a change ,you have to put a socket and ratchet on the crank pulley bolt and turn the engine over slowly until you see the plug.do not overtighten when you put back in. hope this helps.

 

You can use a screwdriver to turn the flex plate until you see the plug.

 

What is that plug called so that I can get another one to replace what is clearly lost? I've looked but I can't find the part name.

 

And thank you for the information!!! I'm not so worried about that part being missing if it is just a dust cover. I want to replace it, I'm sure they wouldn't have put it there in the first place without a good reason... lol.

L~

 

I would call it a torque converter/flex plate inspection plug or a torque converter drain plug access plug!

 

Thanks, still having trouble finding it, maybe I'll find it a U-Pull-It or something like that. I appreciate all the help.

 

I believe it is correctly termed a torque converter inspection plug. Also unless yer goin' through mud bogs, I wouldn't worry about it.

Adrianspeeder

 

Well I guess that I won't worry about that unless I come across it in anouther foray into the u pull it.... Now I need to worry about the fact that I couldn't get the torque converter thingy to turn in any way. I am assuming this is bad. And might explain some of my problems with the truck too. It was lurching like it didn't want to shift in low gears, and then when in higher gears it would do fine.

 

Well, I didn't have the vehicle out of park so that would explain why I couldn't get the torque converter to turn? I found that I have a leak in a vaccum hose that leads to the transmission and this could lead to some "jerking" like I have been having.

 

No, the torque converter will turn in park. There is no vacuum hose leading to the trans. There is a vent hose that connects on top.

When you turn the torque converter you are also turning the engine, so it's not going to turn easy. Some people use a long screwdriver to leverage against the bellhousing and turn the teeth on the ring gear. I like to use a socket and ratchet on the large nut on the crank pully on the front of the engine.

 

To the OP:

Your 06 does not have a torque converter drain plug, and if you are changing to RP fluid you should get all the old fluid out. A "flush machine" is the best way but I believe Mark has some instructions around here somewhere how to do it yourself without one.

 

I was responding to onebadkitty1200, who has a '99, and that will have a torque converter drain plug.

Ford stopped installing torque converter drain plugs shortly after the start of the 2002 model year.

 

I know you were. "OP" means "original poster" and that's why I said that. Confusion happens when threads get hijacked. The only reason I brought up your name is I know you have instructions somewhere on how to do your own complete replacement without a machine on vehicles that don't have a TC plug.

Kitty can do her own with a pan drop and TC plug removal.

 

Here's one place the instructions hang out:

http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/i...nsmission.html