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Old 05-21-2008, 04:30 PM
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i am looking for a stock-sized pan with a drain bolt. does anyone make these?
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For a stock depth I am not sure most are deep pans, I don't think I have seen a stock depth with one. You can get a drain plug kit from like autozone and put one in the stock pan yourself
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get the plug kit and pay for shipping and i will weld it in for you free of charge.
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with those plug kits, how much fluid will be left in the pan? i was thinking that the plug extends into the pan a little ways and so what is on the bottom of the pan will not actually drain.
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you will likely never get 100% of the fluid out for numerous reasons until you drop the pan. but even if you got it all out of the pan there would still be a significant amount in the converter, cooler and lines.
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The deeper truck pans, with the built-in drain plug, have the drain recessed up into the pan. Don't know why, but they are. Enough that the bolt head doesn't stick down below the pan, when the bolt is fully threaded into the drain. So even the factory drain setup is going to leave 1/4" or so of fluid in the bottom of the pan.




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