AZjeff
$50 Site Donor 2023
Something is missing in this photo. (Besides the plastic beauty valve covers)
When GM introduced the 6.6 gas engine in the HD trucks it decided to delete the trans dipstick in the 6L90. Instead to check fluid level you have to have the fluid to 122f, and with the truck running unscrew a small drain plug type bolt in the upper rear part of the pan. Correct fluid level is just seeping out. To add fluid you have to pull a rubber plug out of the hole where the dipstick used to go and add with a pump then recheck. Hot pipes and cats. Not ideal. Someone decided to check if the OEM dipstick tube would fit in the new body style and low and behold it fits perfectly. This is a no brainer addition and wasn't hard, just had to fiddle the tube into the right spot. Reaching up and getting the flange nut threaded and tightened was the hardest part. Parts were $62 shipped from Rock Auto.
This is better, OEM dipstick right where it should be.
Here is a link to a how-to post on GM-trucks.com that includes part numbers. dipstick install
There's also a company that's putting a drain plug in OEM pans: BET trans pan
The new pan will be going on when I do the first spill & fill @ 20k miles.
When GM introduced the 6.6 gas engine in the HD trucks it decided to delete the trans dipstick in the 6L90. Instead to check fluid level you have to have the fluid to 122f, and with the truck running unscrew a small drain plug type bolt in the upper rear part of the pan. Correct fluid level is just seeping out. To add fluid you have to pull a rubber plug out of the hole where the dipstick used to go and add with a pump then recheck. Hot pipes and cats. Not ideal. Someone decided to check if the OEM dipstick tube would fit in the new body style and low and behold it fits perfectly. This is a no brainer addition and wasn't hard, just had to fiddle the tube into the right spot. Reaching up and getting the flange nut threaded and tightened was the hardest part. Parts were $62 shipped from Rock Auto.
This is better, OEM dipstick right where it should be.
Here is a link to a how-to post on GM-trucks.com that includes part numbers. dipstick install
There's also a company that's putting a drain plug in OEM pans: BET trans pan
The new pan will be going on when I do the first spill & fill @ 20k miles.