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    Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    It looks like a mangled fragment of a bearing cage to me, not completely sure though. There was another similar piece as well, but its not in the picture. How bad is this for me? Put royal purple maxgear in the manual transmission and transfer case. It actually shifts smoother now. Who knows how long the PO went without changing the fluids.
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    Re: Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    Thanks, for the reminder. I need to put this on the list of to do items .
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    Re: Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    Don't froget to do your differentials. Changed the oil in my rear diff but I still need to do the front. The parts store person was like .."thats a lot of expensive gear oil, what are you doing?" And its true..about $100 dollars to do the transmission, TC, and diffs. I wonder how much it would cost at an oil change shop or something? Dirty job

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    Re: Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    Just wondering, what size is the transmission plug and the differential plug?

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    Re: Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    rear diff is 24mm.

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    Re: Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    Hi
    Does anyone know a place I could buy replacement fill plug and drain plug for a 86 5 speed manual?
    Mine were very tight and got rounded..still workable but don't want em to get fully stuck one day
    Thanks!

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    Re: Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    Have you considered trying the dealer?
    They were a stocked item, last time I replaced mine
    (they are not van specific)

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    Re: Look what I found on my magnetic transmission drain plug today

    Quote Originally Posted by Burntboot View Post
    (they are not van specific)
    Some of the greatest words you can hear on this forum!!

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