HELP: White Plastic Plunger in tranny pan

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Jun 22, 2012 | 11:53 PM

ejg

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HELP: White Plastic Plunger in tranny pan

Having a crisis...hope someone can help

I'm simply changing the tranny fluid tonight before a big family road trip tomorrow.
After the typical oily mess on the garage floor....I finally got the pan off.

Only to my surprise I found an extra part in the bottom of the pan...

HELP!

Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums - ejg's Album: Extra parts - Picture

Is something broken? If not...where does it go?

Huge thanks in advance.

PS. 2004 4x4 expedition 5.4L. Running perfect (till now?)

Jun 23, 2012 | 12:15 AM

ejg

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Embarrassing..

Found my answer...go to 6:20 in this video:
F150 Installing Transmission Drain Part 2 of 3 - YouTube

Left over parts from manufacturing.

My apologies to the group for a "newb" post. Hope somebody learns from my "learning".

Jun 23, 2012 | 07:27 AM

alwaysfords41

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You should worry more about why in 8 years the pan has never been down. That would imply at the very least the filter has never been changed.

Jun 23, 2012 | 12:52 PM

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You should worry more about why in 8 years the pan has never been down.

Perhaps it's an infrequent driven vehicle and the mileage hasn't yet warranted a fluid/filter change.

Jun 23, 2012 | 01:11 PM

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Perhaps it's an infrequent driven vehicle and the mileage hasn't yet warranted a fluid/filter change.

True statement. Thanks to motorcycles and living only 10 miles from work, my '06 just turned 50K and I did the trans flush and filter a few weeks ago and the fluid was still nice and red and I had to remove the plug. I will flush it again around 85K.......in 2016