Adding a drain plug to trans pan?

[heiner921]

I'm looking to add a drain plug to a stock trans pan on 15 silverado 6l80.

 

I bought a new pan and want to do this before I drop the pan that is currently on it to do a fluid and filter change.

 

Was going to weld a 1/2-20 fine thread nut on to the pan and then use a short bolt with copper crush washer.

 

Any one do this?  Good location for the plug?  

[flyingfool]

i've done this,,, i bought a steel drain bung  off amazon, then a i torched brazed it onto a new trans pan, total cost 25 bux

[davester]

I would suggest a magnetic plug, just so you can see if there is much metal bits being created since you last changed fluid...  And they'll normally come with a plastic washer that stays good for a long time.  Just don't overtorque it...

[heiner921]

10 hours ago, flyingfool said:

i've done this,,, i bought a steel drain bung  off amazon, then a i torched brazed it onto a new trans pan, total cost 25 bux

Where did u place it on the pan?  Pic?

[flyingfool]

i placed it near the rear of pan.  but another option is the Camaro pan, it has the drain already installed, cost $20-30 i posted the part number a long time ago. 

[BigJoshE]

3 hours ago, flyingfool said:

i placed it near the rear of pan.  but another option is the Camaro pan, it has the drain already installed, cost $20-30 i posted the part number a long time ago. 

Would you happen to have the part # boss?

[tyler.frost92]

did this with extra stuff I had laying around. Pipe thread bung with an Allen head bolt. If I did it over again I would have used a magnetic plug. But at least I know it won't leak with the pipe thread. For placement, I just eyeballed the lowest point in the pan.


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[tyler.frost92]

I also added a dipstick tube and dipstick tube. Much easier to fill

 

 

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Edit realized you have a 6 speed. You already have a dipstick [emoji23]

 

[davester]

20 minutes ago, tyler.frost92 said:

I also added a dipstick tube and dipstick tube. Much easier to fill

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heh.  two dipstick tubes, so you can fill twice as fast...

Edited April 22, 2020 by davester

[flyingfool]

6 hours ago, BigJoshE said:

Would you happen to have the part # boss?

try the search , i think i posted it 2 months ago,, i found it on GM parts website, its from the 2014 or 2015 camaro  with 6 speed and 6.0  non-LT motor , 

i'm not sure if the drain is right over the exhaust on our trucks.  but you have to take out the oil damn since camaros dont have dip stick tubes this damn is part of the fill proceedure.. the internal damn can be removed with a cutoff or dremel.

Edited April 23, 2020 by flyingfool

[Black02Silverado]

I put one in our 2016 Suburban.  Got it from Summit Racing.

 

[JESTERX888]

 

$6.00 for this. No welding required. 

 

 

 

[truckguy82]

On 4/22/2020 at 8:12 PM, flyingfool said:

try the search , i think i posted it 2 months ago,, i found it on GM parts website, its from the 2014 or 2015 camaro  with 6 speed and 6.0  non-LT motor , 

i'm not sure if the drain is right over the exhaust on our trucks.  but you have to take out the oil damn since camaros dont have dip stick tubes this damn is part of the fill proceedure.. the internal damn can be removed with a cutoff or dremel.

LS pans fit on lt motors? Never would have expected that

[truckguy82]

1 hour ago, JESTERX888 said:

 

$6.00 for this. No welding required. 

 

 

 

Yeah until it looses itself up and the only way to fix it is to take the pan off again

[JESTERX888]

I have run these on multiple vehicles for many years. Never had any issues. Maybe I've just been lucky.