Looking for an economical transmission drain system. I have a F-350 w/ a 10 speed transmission with a composite oil pan. Thinking of installing a bulk head style drain plug. Anyone has any experience or ideas?

 

I put a PPE pan on mine just so I could have a drain plug. Not sure about installing anything in the plastic pan.

 

Hello Cargo Master:

I am nervous putting a bulk head style fitting into a composite material. But I live in a socialist country and our Canadian peso is worth 72cents of the American Dollar. The PPE pan up here sells for $500 w/ taxes + Shipping

I am curious, several different models of the PPE Transmission cover, ranging in additional oil capacities from 1.75 Qts to 7 Qts more capacity. Which option did you go for?

I am not towing any major wt and we will rarely hit 100F temps in Western Canada, thinking I have little concern for transmission cooling

 

I didn't know they offered a smaller pan. The one I got holds an additional 7 QTs or so. I would have gotten the smaller one had I known about it. I just wanted a drain plug. It sucks pulling a pan and hoping it makes it to the container and not on you!

 

You nailed that 100%

 

Pans do NOTHING for transmission cooling, no matter what transmission pan sellers tell you.

For three years, my job at Ford was developing transmission cooling systems.