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Tune, resistors and tcc

I think I'm gonna just buy a gallon of tranny fluid and try to catch as much fluid as possible coming out of the pan..and just drop the pan clean it good and get a new gasket and red silicone the hell out of it on both sides of the gasket...it's leaking to damn bad to wait and keep buying fluid..I should be able to reuse what comes out ...
Wondering if I can buy just the gasket without buying another filter
 
Do you have a way that you might be able to suck some from the pan through the dipstick tube? Maybe if you have an spare pump of some sort. An electric fuel pump may be able to pump it out after getting it primed

just thinking outside the box of ways to lessen the mess

as long as it’s clean line and drain container you can possibly reuse the fluid
 
If you siliconed it to one side- you will probably be able to re use it.
I know you don’t have a ton of tools- but man correct torque is important. The idea of just crank it a little more— I don’t like that. Over torqued fasteners is the #1 mistake of diy mechanics.
 
With the pan in hand get a ruler or straight edge and check if where the bolt holes in the pan have bent. You can lay it flat on concrete or a flat steel and ding the bend out. But ding it lightly
 
Just re read you last post @Stoney don’t apply too much silicone just a thin coat. If too much silicone is on the gasket it can oose inward or out causing a leak too plus the silicone can go into the tranny possibly detach from the area and get caught in the filter. I usually Let the silicone get just a little tacky just before installing.
 
A torque wrench is definitely on my needs list. I'm not sure what to get yet. I know the cheap ones are kinda unreliable. And decent one is more $$.. but definitely nesacery to get.. I'm used to having my adopted dad's garage to work in. He's got ever tool known to man..
 
4L80E, it does have a drain plug ? Mine does but it is newer.
If a parts store dont have just the gasket, might be a decent transmission shop would have one. I know NAPA over here has just pan gaskets. IIRC, the GM original was some kind of a real stiff unit and those would last for several filter changes.
On the pan, around the bolt holes, they do get dimpled inwards, towards the transmission.
A nice socket extension. The round drive end of it should be about the size of the dimple. If You have a vice handy, clamp the extension in the vice, large end straight up. If You dont have a vice, place the small end of the extension on a block of wood. Use Your knees as an adjustible table, setting flat on the ground with Your butt. Set the pan on Your knees, the dimpled hole over the round end of the extension and lightly tap the dimple flat. A little more force if it dont want to move. It will be tricky holding the extension, the pan and the hammer, but, with a little practice and by the time You get them all tapped flat, You’ll be good at it.
If You can invent a way to hold that extension straight up, that would be a big help.
Oh yeah, if the round end of the extension is too large and dont want to fit between the turned down flanged side of the pan and the sump, place a socket on the other end of the extension and use that.
All You are doing is creating an anvil affect to keep from deforming out away from the dimple.
 
Take a piece of wood and whittle it down so that it fits between the pan bolts and fills the area between them (about 3/4" wide). It must fit inside of the outer pan lip. Lovingly smack it with a 3lb hammer a couple times. Do this while it is still on the transmission. This will flatten your pan rail and should stop your leaks.
 
Use RTV Black or Ultra Black for the transmission pan. Use a thin bead on the pan (circle the bolt holes), let set a few minutes and then place the gasket on the tacky RTV on the pan and align everything. Put a fine bead of RTV on the CLEAN transmission, circling the bolt holes. Let set a few minutes, then lift the pan into place and while holding it, finger-tighten a bolt into each corner to hold the pan in place. Install the rest of the bolts finger-tight, then in a criss-cross pattern (like lug nuts or head bolts) tighten them down in a couple of passes to torque spec. @Will L. and others on here (like myself) with lots of years of wrenching experience can use the "Arm strong" method to get fairly close in the ball park on fastener tightness based off of the fastener size and wrench length when tightening fasteners. We may not get precisely 12 lb/ft on a fastener, but we know what 10-15 feels like, or what about 40 feels like if it needs 37.
 
 
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Well she's going to Monro to get the crossover pipe put in tomorrow morning.. they already looked at it.. I told them I wanted a flat price not a estimate... As in once you get under my truck is your problem to get it done... They said $100.
All things considered I figured that's a good deal especially since the average shop rate around here is 125 a hr...and yes it's in writing.
 
They only had trouble with one and on that one the stud came right out of the manifold... So obviously can still be used.. the others they just heated up and they spun right off... Ironically they even threw in an inspection since I didn't realize my inspection ran up months ago LOL... Do the guys there used to work at the local parts store that I went through all the time pretty good guys
 
Stoney said:
They only had trouble with one and on that one the stud came right out of the manifold... So obviously can still be used.. the others they just heated up and they spun right off... Ironically they even threw in an inspection since I didn't realize my inspection ran up months ago LOL... Do the guys there used to work at the local parts store that I went through all the time pretty good guys
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Wow, You hit a good stroke there.
Nice that there was already studs installed and not bolts.
If for some reason I ever have to pull the engine on My truck, left side manifold will get replaced as there is one bolt hole that is augered out and both sides will be getting studs and nuts for the crossing over pipe.
 
Glad to hear you found a good shop and got a good deal. finding a trust worthy shop seems to be a needle in a hay stack now a days. they do good work, keep going back plus put their name out there and recommendations. others start showing up there saying you sent them, theyll surely start making you their favorite customer giving you best deals on jobs you don't wanna do on your own!
 
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