Odd finding under my GW today!

[Mack_T]

I was out poking around under my Grand, attempting to tighten up the exahust flanges again (I hate the click-click-click exahust leak!), and found a lot of oil mess. Apparently the tranny pan bolts got loose? They have been fine for over a year, easy, with no leaks from the pan.

I'm guessing our "heat wave" with the unusually higher than normal temps may have been contributing to this oddity.

While I was down there... I thought to myself, "I wonder if anyone makes an aluminum deep pan for this tranny?" , I'm sure someone does, somewhere.

Maybe my Jeep just wanted more attention ;)

Clay

[Mudd27]

I'm sure you could find the deep tranny pan pretty easy if it is the 727 . It came in a lot of cars back in the day. I have a chrome tranny pan that I found on ebay for $30.00 but its not deep.

Mitch

[Bama Burden]

yeah there's a few companies that make them. they aren't cheap. here's a link to a B&M:
http://spideraccessories.stores.yahoo.net/bm10280.html

[SCscoutguy]

If you go to the chrysler dealership you can get the mopar deep sump pan p/n P3690730. Plain steel with a good thick rubber reusable gasket and a filter extension for about $55. They are very well built and very thick pans that are allot deeper than the factory ones and come with a filter extension.

[Mack_T]

Wow, looking at that B&M pan, I wonder if it will clear the crossmember? Has anyone else tried a deep aluminum pan on our rigs? As it was, I needed a u-joint on my ratchet to get to the rear bolts on my pan.

Other parts on my list to get: small gauge cluster, with trans temp gauge ;) I do have the "tow package" with the fatty trans cooler up front, and now with my summertime fan clutch, I know air is moving up there. But I'm sure while off-roading up at North Cow Mountain, the trans is heating everything up because of the grade (even in low range). This isn't even a steep part:
http://64.142.37.188/familypictures/albums/album15/2448030_r1_045_21.jpg
And no, the cameraman was not angling the camera to get a more extreme picture ;)
Thanks all,
Clay

[wickedwagon767]

Just make sure you get a filter extension to drop the filter down so the tranny doesn't starve for fluid

:thumbsup:

[NVJEEPER]

here are a couple. Good point about the bolts.
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntk=KeywordSearch&DDS=1&Ntt=sme%2D1009&searchinresults=false&N=700+115&y=12&x=29

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntk=KeywordSearch&DDS=1&N=700+115&y=8&searchinresults=false&Ntt=DER%2D14110&x=37