Should I transfer OEM Trans Pan Magnet to new pan?

[Jsiff]

Good-morning,

Discarding my old 4L60E pan, and picked up one from LMC truck that has a drain plug, and the drain plug is magnetic.

Should I transfer my old magnet out of OEM pan, to the new LMC pan, or is the magnetic drain plug enough for the need?

thanks in advance.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Having an extra magnet is good. Transfer that puppy.

 

[Jsiff]

Having an extra magnet is good. Transfer that puppy.

you ever done it before? I know I'll have to drop OEM pan and take a look before doing it.. but asking to be prepared.. is it just magnetically stuck on? or adhesive, or ? thanks man

 

[Erik the Awful]

I put a new AC Delco pan on the 700R4 I picked up from LKQ and threw in WCJr. The magnet was just stuck in the old pan. When I pulled the original transmission apart and rebuilt it, I just pulled the magnet out, cleaned it, and reinstalled it.

 

[tayto]

i usually add 2 pan magnets on the units i rebuild, FWIW....

 

[Schurkey]

There was a time when the magnets were big, "donut-shaped" rings, they'd be located in the pan by a bump in the sheetmetal that fit into the "donut hole".

I think all that's gone now, and the magnets are just rectangular. Epoxy it to an aluminum pan so it doesn't bounce around. If it's a steel pan, put it where it was in the old pan.

Trans drain plugs are over-rated. Drop one of the cooler tubes at the cooler, start the engine, pump most of the fluid out with no additional (potential) leak point in the pan itself.