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Originally Posted by cdb95z28
There is no drain plug on our pans unfortunately. The bolt on the bottom of the pan is for level check and removing the bolt will not drain the pan. This is why I elaborated on your initial statement, but I understand ya now  .
I had a local shop weld in a bung for me and that helps alot. But there is a plug on the side of the transmission near the shift cable assembly that can be removed for which a fluid transfer pump can be used to suck out the fluid from the pan. I drained the pan this way before I had the bung installed. IIRC, shorten an 8mm Allen key and grab an 8mm ratchet wrench. That combo works in the tight space to remove the plug. |
Just now responding to this. WOW good catch, I completely didn't realize that pan bolt isn't a drain bolt, but the fluid level check bolt because of the stand pipe design. So I guess the only real way to drain the fluid from the pain is to either suck it out as mentioned or just drop the pan and replace the filter with new stud bolts. Welp, looks like I'll be dropping the pan lol.
I still think it's going to be a pain idling the car until the proper temp range, since it takes forever to get there considering these cars have a pretty good trans cooling system especially if you have an SS, which I have the LT1.