I am doing an engine swap in 97 f150 and was getting ready to reistall engine and transmission and decided to change transmission filter while it was easy to get to. As I lowered the pan I saw a white plastic hemisphere about 3/8" diameter with an oring, and a 1/8" diameter by
bigshadow opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
production filler tube seal... no problem, normal, throw away
Thanks,thought it was something like that but needed reassurance.
swallow it
That is the factory fill. Thats there when the factory is filling the fluid in the tranny as it goes along the line. Its kinda like a nipple right???
Don't worry, your tranny pan has never been off the truck.
Jake
PS Had my 03 Marquis filter done today and the guy showed me the same thing.
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