Lets see, todays project has been changing the transmission fluid and filter...
Lets just say I've got that good Government Motors feeling,who the ........Puts a shift bracket and exhaust cross over pipe so close you cannot drop the pan without moving one or the other?WTH is wrong with the engineers? My S10 Blazer and Bravada where easier to change than this full size truck!!!!
First of all a 1/2" difference on either one would save the hassle of getting to the bracket bolts on top of the trans (S10 and Bravada bracket uses pan bolts)...Or just alittle more clearance on the cross over pipe would allow manipulation of the pan and out...But Nooooooo....
Not to mention the previous owners service department must have used an air gun on the drain bolt(must have missed the torque wrench class).Had to go old school and tilt and drain the pan as I didnt have a new bolt on hand....I am shaking my head in case you couldn't tell.lol
That being said I am glad all the fluids and filters are fresh going into winter
The next trans service I will have a new drain bolt on hand and will heat the bolt with the pan off of the truck and remove...
It should have been easier..