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Please help, I was doing a service on my transmission and found this sitting in the bottom of the pan. The fluids not super dirty 176k 2005 Ford F150 4.6L 4R70.
ChrisMeans it’s never been changed before, that’s a dipstick plug from factory.
KameronThat means you are the first to service the pan. If you ever sell the truck, keep it in there, so the next person thinks it hasn’t been touched.
ChrisWhat Chris said. No worries. Glad to see someone servicing their transmission.
ViktourDuring assembly, it’s the plug for the dipstick. They just pushed them through. Good way of knowing it’s never been serviced before. You’re good to toss it out.
MasonI panicked too with my mustang when I saw that plunger. Had everything put together, and then I saw that in my oil catcher. I thought I has to take everything apart again. Around that same mileage too.
PerriThat’s just a plug a that blocks the dipstick tube hole during production. They will push the tube in a fully filled transmission and the plug drops in.
Keep the plug and use it to plug the dipstick hole if you ever do an R&R or have to pull the dipstick tube for any reason.
I must have collected a thousand of those.
And reuse the thick rubber pan gasket, it should last the life of the transmission. No cork and no sealant.
WesJust means you popped its cherry. You’re the first one to service it. A plug is installed to keep debris out of the dipstick hole at the assembly plant. It’s pushed in the pan by the dipstick tube and that’s where it stays until its first service.
RandyDust cover/plug for dipstick tube as the new transmission was pre-charged with fluid at the factory, so they just shove the plug in with the tube so no fluid loss. It also means this is the first service this poor transmission has received.
HarlanTotally normal! Assembly plug from factory build. Pushed in during the dipstick install. Can’t go anywhere. Won’t fit in sump.
SteveThat is a lollipop, it was in the hole for the dipstick fill tube when manufactured. It was meant to keep out dirt, when the engine and transmission where mated, the dipstick tube is installed, pushing it into the pan. Then the fluid is added. It is found upon first service. I have a box of them.
CabinHillI remember my dad asking this question back in the 80s when he changed fluid in our 78 E350… plug looked the same. He worried about for a week til he got an answer from the dealer.
DaveWe call that the cherry. Seals the dipstick hole in assembly and the dipstick pushes it into the pan on install. If it’s in the pan, the pan has never been dropped since the factory install.
ErnieThat is the part ford puts in so the doityourselfer gets confused and takes it to a mechanic.
TimYea, I use to scare my lube techs saying it was a broken float. But it is a plug for the lipstick tube. They prefill the transmissions before they install. No worries, throw it in a drawer. I have like 45.
BrianNever been advise that plug is in during assembly till the did stick tube is pushed in
TroyThat transmisson will be slipping in less than a week if it is not already. Should have never changed the fluid with that kind of mileage and never been done before. Death sentence
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