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| | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,399 Former Workshop Owner | | Former Workshop Owner Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,399 | Just curious, is there a good reason that automatics don't have a drain plug. I always dread dropping the pan, it's almost impossible to contain the mess.
John
~ J Lucas 2006 GMC Envoy 4.2 I6 2023 Ram 2500/Cumins 6.7 I6 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Wife’s) 2002 Silverado 2500 Gas 6.0 1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton 1942 Chevy 1.5-Ton SWBIn the Gallery My Flicker Photos! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | couldn't have been too good a reason cuz newer ones do have drains  likely had to do with only needing to change the fluid if the trans had been abused and then the filter inside should be changed too, so they thought they'd save a few cents skipping the plug .... you can drop a tube down the filler and use onea those little drill powered pumps to suck out most of the fluid so ya don't make quite as much mess .... maybe while you've got it apart you could add a drain plug, just make sure it's the magnetic type Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | I'm not sure but I thought it might have been to stop folks short cutting the process.
VW did it with their air cooled engines,they stopped fitting a drain plug.
This was to stop people draining the oil without cleaning the filter....
I agree it can be messy,I used a cat litter tray to do mine it helps contain the initial tsunami of fluid.
Funny how even a little drop of ATF on the garage floor can look like a major oil spill disaster!
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | My 54 Hydra-Matic has a drain plug...
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | The early automatics had a drain on the pan & converter also. Hardly anyone used them so they quit putting them on. You can buy a pan with a drain plug or put one in the original pan.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,744 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,744 | There were far too many incidents of people draining 10 quarts of fluid out of the transmission, adding 5 more quarts of oil to the engine, and wondering why the car wouldn't back itself off the grease rack.
Now, the vast majority of new cars don't even have a dipstick on the transmission- - - -the fluid is a one-time fill situation when the car is on the assembly line. Fluid only gets changed during major maintenance.
Jerry
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