Should I do a pan drop and install a new filter in my 4t60e ?

[Highmilagecutlass]

After considering everyone advice here I will be installing Dex VI.

Should I just do a pan drop this time and in the next 30,000 mile do a complete change to Dex VI ?

Right now I have over 100,000 on an unknown fluid , it could be dex III or DexVI .

 

Also I am condsidering putting a small magnet in my trans pan while I have it off.

Any input is appreciated !!

 

Thanks In advance:thumbsup:

[birdman]

should already be a magnet there. and id just do the spill and fill, its not the best but plenty good for these cars.

[RobertISaar]

magnet is a good idea. you're supposed to keep it in a specific area of the pan though.

[tornado_735]

Yea there should already be a magnet in the pan. There was one in both of the 60's I've dropped the pans on.

[RobertISaar]

hmm..... i don't remember if the MC did or not....

[birdman]

all the w's ive done have had one.

[Crazy K]

One single car I've worked on was missing it's magnet, but you could see the marks that is used to be there. On any tranny I service I add a Neodymium rare earth in addition to the original magnet. I recall having serviced only one of these trannys a second time, and the neodymium magnet had much more metal on it than the little square magnet....

[RobertISaar]

wal-mart actually sells a 4 pack of them for a decent price.... i have 8 stuck on my oil filter.

[Crazy K]

wal-mart actually sells a 4 pack of them for a decent price.... i have 8 stuck on my oil filter.

 

they do? Where at??? I am almost out of my original source of magnets and need to find more.

[RobertISaar]

in the uh............... arts & crafts section? i forget what it's called, but it's by all the yarn and strong and shit.

 

strong little bastards. i cracked one in half and jb welded it to the inside of the drain plug on the MC. i have yet to change the oil and see how it effects it, but i'm expecting good results.

[Crazy K]

in the uh............... arts & crafts section? i forget what it's called, but it's by all the yarn and strong and shit.

 

strong little bastards. i cracked one in half and jb welded it to the inside of the drain plug on the MC. i have yet to change the oil and see how it effects it, but i'm expecting good results.

 

uh.................. "aftermarket Magnetic plug - Motormite "Oil-tite!" 65372" cheapest at Advance autoparts, about $1.99 it appears to have a neodymium tip.

 

thanks, Rob.

[RobertISaar]

TEH MOAR U NO!

 

i'll have to grab one of those when the MC is alive and kicking. that isn't in the P/N thread is it?

[Crazy K]

it is, cuz i put it thar. I went when i read you jbwelded it on. How big are those magents?

[RobertISaar]

........ i want to say roughly 1/2" wide and 1/4-3/8" thick.

[Highmilagecutlass]

**UPDATE**

I dropped the pan on the 26th and there was a magnet, some kind of a thin really strong magnet.

There was some gray film on it but nothing to worry about, I installed a WIX trans filter only to be disappointed that is was made in Taiwan.

I installed 7 quarts of Dex VI that I bought at Walmart..yes the Supertech stuff .

After reading the bottle that the fluid was made in the U.S.A and met G.M. standards I WAS SOLD AT 3.77 a quart.

 

My trans shifts so much crisper and I dont have to give it as much pedal to engage the passing gear.

 

So I'm happy with the trans fluid and disappointed with the filter,but I found a company that makes a trans filter in the U.S.A, it's FILTRAN.

 

The next pan drop I will use one of those, and 7 more quarts of SuperTech in the spring.

 

Thanks to everyone here that offered advice and steered me in the direction right and helped get me on track !