Holy Fock. How to drop tranny pan -- exhaust in way.

[jcrack_corn]

How to Drop tranny pan if exhaust in way.

Just FYI, got it to work easily by unbolting exhaust at the flex joint, then using motorcycle/ratchet straps around the exhaust and crossmember to "pull" the exhaust down about an inch. Then the pan can come out and go on easily.

I released the tension while working on the pan (cleaning, installing drain bolt)....then re-tightened the straps when ready to put on again....just to not stress the exhaust system too much.

Quick and easy.

 

[fixxxer88]

yea, i had to do the same thing. I used a huge pry bar and just pulled the exhaust crossover down a little. Didn't have the pan ready and it dropped with all the fluid down the drive way. Made a mess. Did the same thing to put it back on.

 

[jcrack_corn]

haha, yeah there is no clean way to do this....stupid gmc engineers with their aversion to drain bolts....I learned the hard way with my old silverado, I just buy a big bag of oil absorbing pellets before the job.

now with the drain bolt i probably wont touch the filter for another 50k miles, and just do fluid changes every 15k.....no more mess.

I tried the pry-bar but couldnt do both (pry, and put pan up) at the same time....the straps were hands free after tensioned!

I made up some new words.

yea, i had to do the same thing. I used a huge pry bar and just pulled the exhaust crossover down a little. Didn't have the pan ready and it dropped with all the fluid down the drive way. Made a mess. Did the same thing to put it back on.