I got a new B&M pan off eBay. It holds 3 extra quarts. I shouldn't have any clearance problems, should I?
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Deep pans: when are they too deep?
- Thread starter thatK30guy
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thatK30guy said:
We've gone from the Coke can lift to the Bud can tranny pan =))
Shouldn't have any clearance problems as there's nothing under the tranny pan ... rocks may be an issue, but street driving should be fine.
Some CUCV's have this goofy cold-weather kit that puts extra tin underneath for heater boxes or something ... add that to a deep pan for a TH400 and you get this:
http://www.slosh.com/ck5/goofy-tranny-pan-1.JPG
http://www.slosh.com/ck5/goofy-tranny-pan-3.JPG
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Corey 78K5
1 ton status
My Dad used to have a Dodge motor home with a torqueflight tranny that had an extra deep pan. What was diffrent was the fact that it had about 5-6 1" diameter tubes through it for cooling. I have never seen another one like it......
You mean like this
Thats standard on the Derale pans.
When you have the 55 gallon ATF drum hanging from the underside of the rig....
I've seen deeper aftermarket pans than that, I think you'll be fine.
Yea I know I've got onethatK30guy said:
I don't like the tube gig.. More failure points... Not to mention they're steel and aluminum is a eleventy billion times better...
2 qrt finned aluminum, best way to go imo...
2 qrt finned aluminum, best way to go imo...
Corey 78K5
1 ton status
Yeah it was like that, but it was sheet metal.........muddermilitia said:You mean like this
Every aluminum pan I've seen has a drain plug.. And yes, it can crack, but steel certainly doesn't transfer heat as well as aluminum..
The main reason I like them tho is a FAR superior gasket surface...
The main reason I like them tho is a FAR superior gasket surface...
Slapperbar
Retired Navy NDT Examiner
Aluminum conducts heat eleventybillion times better than Steel.
broc944
1/2 ton status
Slapperbar said:
Thats what tranny coolers are for.
Slapperbar
Retired Navy NDT Examiner
That is sheet metal dude.Corey 78K5 said:
Unless you mean fabricated.
No they're not. But that could be because its on a trans I rebuilt in school a year ago and has not been installed in anything yetntsqd said:
broc944
1/2 ton status
FWIW, I have the tubed Derale pan on my Sub. Pressure washer does wonders for keeping the tubes cleaned out.
87BrnRsd
1/2 ton status
ryoken said:
Well then youve never seen the factory pan on my 700. No plug.......now those were some smart gm designers
-Harrison
well, i DID mean aftermarket..
Since when did GM run any alum pans on 700's, or anything else for that matter? can't say i've seen that.
Since when did GM run any alum pans on 700's, or anything else for that matter? can't say i've seen that.
