Just showed up today. It looks good in the pictures, but man what a chunky pan this thing is. Thick in all the right places and appears to be a very nice casting with some smooth follow-up machine work. It will be a couple of weeks before I get around to putting it on (Plan on doing it and a new filter at 40K).
Sucks paying $300 to get a drain plug on your transmission, but ohh well, this will make my D&F routine sooooo much easier than using the fluid pump. That's mainly what I bought the pan for, I've never seen anything in my data that shows the truck needs additional cooling, even when towing 6000#, so this is mainly for the drain plug.
I already have the new MotorCraft filter sitting at home, and I think I'll order a drain pan gasket as well, even though it is supposed to be reuseable. My luck I'll tear the factory one on a Saturday and not be able to replace it. Would rather spend the $45 and have it on hand.
Sucks paying $300 to get a drain plug on your transmission, but ohh well, this will make my D&F routine sooooo much easier than using the fluid pump. That's mainly what I bought the pan for, I've never seen anything in my data that shows the truck needs additional cooling, even when towing 6000#, so this is mainly for the drain plug.
I already have the new MotorCraft filter sitting at home, and I think I'll order a drain pan gasket as well, even though it is supposed to be reuseable. My luck I'll tear the factory one on a Saturday and not be able to replace it. Would rather spend the $45 and have it on hand.