Has anyone installed their own drain bolt in the stock transmission pan? Just wondering if it can be done. The only reason I would be getting the Mag Hytec trans pan is for the ease of draining the trans fluid, sure would like to save the $275 for someting else.

 

I have installed one in my '04. B&M makes a drain plug kit specially for transmissions. If you can weld or braze, you can do what I did. Take the B&M kit and cut off most of the threaded part that sticks thru the hole you drill in your pan. Then braze the fitting onto the pan on the outside. I did both inside and outside to be sure to not have any pinholes for fluid to leak thru. If you use the kit as furnished by B&M, you will have about 1/4" of fluid left in the pan after draining. This is because of the nut on the inside. Cutting it off like I did allows almost a complete drain. I also put one on my wife's '03 Liberty.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

I would agree. I installed one on my blazer following the B&M instructions, and it never sealed very well. I had to JB weld around it to stop it from leaking...