Ok, just installed my John Wood VB. It performs awesomely with my DP. Nice firm shifts, feels much better than stock. Now to the concerns. I installed an aluminum deep trans pan and am having leak problems at the rear of the pan. I inspected the gasket at removal and all seemed well, but am concerned with the leaking. Is there any suggestions from any of you on remedies for this problem short of dropping the pan again and re-trying? Is it common to not get a proper seal when re-installing trans pans aftermarket or stock? I am actually considering re-using the old pan if this is the required course of action as the aluminum pan also has a leaking drain plug. $200 I feel I should have spent somewhere else I think.

Also as a warning to anyone flushing their transmission themselves. Be very careful how much fluid you add to get to your 18 quarts. I drained my tranny until it was sputtering in the clear tubing from the return line and added only 16 quarts with a deep tranny pan which is to hold up to 4 extra quarts, and realized that I was about 7 quarts overfull! Did I mis-read those instructions somewhere?
Thanks in advance fellas

 

When I did my BTS-VB I used the same gasket and pan. Had no troubles with leaks. Did you torque the bolts with a torque wrench?


You have to remember there is still lots of fluid in the TC and in all the valve body. Thats why you had too much after you added the fluid.

 

The directions I had said that if you drain the fluid from the return line and turn on the engine, cycle through the various gears that it will drain the various vb's and torque converter. I torqued the bolts to 12 ft/lbs.

 

Ok, but you only needed to add the amount of fluid that came out of the pan only, plus the difference in the deep pan.

 

Yah, I guess I didn't quite grasp that even after reading it like 7 times! Seems painfully obvious afterwards however. Hard to tell how much fluid you dump when it is sitting in a huge drain pan that isn't graduated. Live and learn I guess.

 

No problem, you got er done.