Bob,
I did swing by the Dodge dealership yesterday to check out the 44RE tranny
pan situation and I pretty much struck out. As Colin said in the post below,
the
filters are the same for the 44 and the 46. You really need to keep the pan
at 3 inches deep. I was hoping that the 44RE pan might have the same
physical
dimensions as the 727 but it doesn't. I don't know of anyone other then B&M
or TCI or Derale that is making replacement pans. A custom pan would be to
expensive. About the only choice you have for a drain plug would be to use a
drain plug kit with the factory pan. B&M makes a kit PN 80250 for a drain
plug.
My friends are going to give me a couple of pans off of warranty trannys. If
you would like, I can go ahead and fit a pan with a drain plug (a lot of
people don't
like drilling holes in sheet metal) and ship it to you. Let me know
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Heckathorn [SMTP:victorylane@iwaynet.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 10:51 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Trans. Temp.
>
> Frank, the 44re and 46re filters are the same. Get the brass filter, flows
> a
> lot better than the fiber ones.
> I used to sell some deep trany. pans that had tubes that ran along the
> bottom of pan, air would flow through the tube and really make a big
> difference. The name of the company was Integrity ind. , but I think that
> they sold out to someone else. If I can find the company name I will send
> it
> out to everyone. I know that these pans will work and clear everything,
> they
> hold about 3 qts. more of fluid.
> I have seen the advertisement some where, but can't remember.
>
> Colin
>
> Holloway,Frank T wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> > I'll be over at the Dodge Dealership I do business with this week. I'll
> > take a look at the 44RE filter setup. If the 44RE is anything like the
> > 46RE, there could be
> > different filters you could run. This won't change the fact that the TCI
> > pan is shallower (less fluid), but the finned aluminum pan does help
> > cool the fluid. The drain
> > plug makes fluid changes easy. I'll also take a look at the pan gaskets
> > and other pan options. Unfortunately, B&M and TCI are about the only
> > options out there.
> > I'll let you know.
> > Frank
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bob Mankin [SMTP:bob@cadpros.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 10:17 AM
> > > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Trans. Temp.
> > >
> > > Holloway,Frank T wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Bob,
> > > > The phone number for TCI is (601) 224-8972 (Mississippi, central
> > > time).
> > > > I did call them and the depth from tranny pan gasket surface to the
> > > > bottom inside the
> > > > pan is 2.25 inches. Measure the depth of your pan, if it is less,
> > > the
> > > > TCI pan will work. When you measure your pan, please let everyone
> > > know,
> > > > it seems that a
> > > > of people are interested.....
> > >
> > > Frank,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info. I did measure the pan while I was under the truck
> > > installing the JBAs this weekend. It's a full 3" deep. This is from
> > > the
> > > gasket surface to the bottom of the stock pan. Not sure if TCI is
> > > going
> > > to be able to help, but I'll give 'em a call anyway.
> > >
> > > Bob
>
>
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