Transmission drag oil pan

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Duane, You need to run it and tell us how it works. You need another dip stick tube to cut a couple inches shorter so the full mark is 2 " lower to get the fluid away from the moving parts. Run a stock pan first than switch to this and see if it makes any difference.
 
I would think a standard drop pan like a B&M with a windage tray would accomplish keeping the fluid away from moving parts more than that would.
 
That pick up looks like the one I have also, I would definitely make something with a nice curve in it.
 
Duane, You need to run it and tell us how it works. You need another dip stick tube to cut a couple inches shorter so the full mark is 2 " lower to get the fluid away from the moving parts. Run a stock pan first than switch to this and see if it makes any difference.
I just finished doing all that work for my external trans cooler pump.
I don't want to hold up progress on getting my car running.
I may add the pan on at a later date though and try it out.
I got the pan cheap cause I'm a sucker like that lol.
 
I haven’t. I haven’t seen a pan like this till now. Where else would a windage tray go, between the moving parts and the fluid!
I thought you were saying you have seen one. I may be wrong but I don't see the advantage of a wind age tray. To me the valve body shields the spinning assembly from the oil. What space is left is for drain back. There is not that much open space.
 
I thought you were saying you have seen one. I may be wrong but I don't see the advantage of a wind age tray. To me the valve body shields the spinning assembly from the oil. What space is left is for drain back. There is not that much open space.
I have the same opinion with the above pan. It the goal was to keep ATF away from the moving parts.
 
My son is having a problem with his 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L with 42re trans.
Jeep has 3/4 ton axles Dana 60 in front, 10.5 Sterling in back with 40 inch tall tires and home built custom 3 link suspension front and rear.
Every time he tries to climb a steep incline he will lose the transmission(feels like it kicks into neutral), get back to level ground trans works perfect again.
We figure that all of the fluid is running back into the overdrive unit and away from the pickup.
That trans pan would probably cure the problem, but he would most likely tear it off while rock crawling, got to come up with some kind of baffle in the pan to keep the pickup submerged on steep forward climbs. His last Jeep Cherokee a 2001 4.0L with the Asian Warner trans and 37 inch tires didn't have this problem.
 
It is very nicely made. I've just never seen anything like it,
Especially for a 904 trans. The magazine says it's designed as a rear sump just like a good engine oil pan and it also says it reduces
Wind age in the trans by getting the oil sump away from the spinning parts.

Here is a picture of a valve body windage tray. But I would think the logic for the low rear sump would increase fluid volume and prevent the sump filter from sucking air during a wheel stand. Turbo Action has a special angled filter adapter on their website but picture is not very clear.

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Here is a picture of a valve body windage tray. But I would think the logic for the low rear sump would increase fluid volume and prevent the sump filter from sucking air during a wheel stand. Turbo Action has a special angled filter adapter on their website but picture is not very clear.

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I have been picking Paul Fortes brain about the pickup, but he wants to sell a whole pan with it.
I have too much custom work in my pan to buy another.
Also I think Pauls pan is much deeper. Look at the angle of that pickup tube.
I agree with the rear sump logic though.
Where did you get that wind age tray?
 
My son is having a problem with his 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0L with 42re trans.
Jeep has 3/4 ton axles Dana 60 in front, 10.5 Sterling in back with 40 inch tall tires and home built custom 3 link suspension front and rear.
Every time he tries to climb a steep incline he will lose the transmission(feels like it kicks into neutral), get back to level ground trans works perfect again.
We figure that all of the fluid is running back into the overdrive unit and away from the pickup.
That trans pan would probably cure the problem, but he would most likely tear it off while rock crawling, got to come up with some kind of baffle in the pan to keep the pickup submerged on steep forward climbs. His last Jeep Cherokee a 2001 4.0L with the Asian Warner trans and 37 inch tires didn't have this problem.
Maybe just needs more fluid in the pan.
 
Here is a picture of a valve body windage tray. But I would think the logic for the low rear sump would increase fluid volume and prevent the sump filter from sucking air during a wheel stand. Turbo Action has a special angled filter adapter on their website but picture is not very clear.

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I still cannot visualize what that tray does that the valve body would not do. What does the tray cover?
 
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