8hp70 fluid

[Different Drummer]

Gohawks & ThunderMug,
Did you guys use the inserts from your OEM pan in the holes of the PPE pan or did you mount the pan without them? I know it has been done both ways.
I was disappointed when I did my service using an OEM pan as it arrived without a drain plug. ( solid pan, no provision to drain ) I wanted the capability to do frequent drain and fill procedure so will go the PPE route at the next service.

 

[crazykid1994]

My current is mopar 8/9 speed fluid but at 36$ a bottle I’ll swap to something else when it’s time for my drain and fill with the filter swap. I’m bumping my filter swap up to 60,000 miles since I just drained 3qts and put fresh fluid in while doing my thermostat setup. I may order the ppe pan ahead of time just to have it in my parts pile. I’ve looked at 2 other pans and neither seem as good as the ppe pan. The hellraiser pan looks nice but their customer service blows so I scratched that one off my list pretty quick. Plus it’s a stock fluid amount. I’m looking for extra which the ppe pan is +2 quarts. Also tossing around the idea of relocating my coolant overflow to make space to move my thermostat over some.

 

[ThunderMug95]

Gohawks & ThunderMug,
Did you guys use the inserts from your OEM pan in the holes of the PPE pan or did you mount the pan without them? I know it has been done both ways.
I was disappointed when I did my service using an OEM pan as it arrived without a drain plug. ( solid pan, no provision to drain ) I wanted the capability to do frequent drain and fill procedure so will go the PPE route at the next service.

Yes, very important. Use oem bolts WITH the flange collars that you remove from the plastic pan. They fit in the PPE bolt holes with very little tolerance. When you read the directions it calls it out, but after all the work you do, it can be forgotten easily. I ordered a new gasket, so I had my gasket installed precisely in the pan…but telling on myself here…I forgot the flange collars on the install and only realized it after I pumped in fluid…I removed each bolt, inserted the flange and each one seated flush & re-torqued. I got lucky. If that gasket had shifted, different story.
You absolutely have to either unbolt the exhaust from the manifold or unbolt the trans from the crossmember and jack up the trans/Tcase by the mount to get the PPE pan on. Remember, your truck is already on stands with the wheels 10” off the ground…i built the ugliest “jack extensions” out of 2x4’s…rivaling the one I built to lift the bed on my body lift.
Wife and I are planning to buy land and build a new house. I WILL have a 2 post lift!!!!

 

[HEMIMANN]

My current is mopar 8/9 speed fluid but at 36$ a bottle I’ll swap to something else when it’s time for my drain and fill with the filter swap. I’m bumping my filter swap up to 60,000 miles since I just drained 3qts and put fresh fluid in while doing my thermostat setup. I may order the ppe pan ahead of time just to have it in my parts pile. I’ve looked at 2 other pans and neither seem as good as the ppe pan. The hellraiser pan looks nice but their customer service blows so I scratched that one off my list pretty quick. Plus it’s a stock fluid amount. I’m looking for extra which the ppe pan is +2 quarts. Also tossing around the idea of relocating my coolant overflow to make space to move my thermostat over some.

Have you researched trans oils yet?

 

[Gohawks]

That's damn cold. Do you still have the thermostatic valve and warmer hooked up?

Yep, not sure I'm going to do that, I think it's a great mod, I don't drive the truck a whole lot and rarely pull with it.
I do have long tube headers, fastman throttle body, Jay Green motor and trans tune, a long with some other tweaks so may consider that mod next summer.

 

[crazykid1994]

Have you researched trans oils yet?

A little. I know I’m not using redline. I looked at amsoil maxlife but am leaning lifeguard anyways just to keep it “OEM”

 

[1SLwLS1]

Maxlife here, on a used 8HP (swapped) that was either flooded or stored outside for a long period of time. Runs great but I have no frame of reference to the OEM printer fluid.

 

[ultivssl]

I guess, I'm one of the few running redline and haven't had any issues so far. But after hearing all the stories, I'm going to be doing a couple of flushes with maxlife. Just haven't done it yet because it's -30C and F. When it gets this cold, the torque converter lockup doesn't work until it warms up a bit (usually a few blocks), so I can't really tell if it's slipping. What do tells you that it is? When warm, the engine RPM is the same as before.

 

[Thebusdriver]

I serviced my 8HP70 using MaxLife about 4K miles ago. No problems and she’s shifting great.

Had an issue with the cheap
aftermarket pan I used and had to do the complicated drain and fill process *twice*. Lost about $20 in MaxLife. If I had used OEM That would have been $100 literally down the drain! Plus, I was able to get more at the nearby Advance Auto.

 

[Ram1683]

I serviced my 8HP70 using MaxLife about 4K miles ago. No problems and she’s shifting great.

Had an issue with the cheap
aftermarket pan I used and had to do the complicated drain and fill process *twice*. Lost about $20 in MaxLife. If I had used OEM That would have been $100 literally down the drain! Plus, I was able to get more at the nearby Advance Auto.

When I had the valvebody down 3 times on mine I wish I had known maxlife was an option. I was losing lifeguard each time and terrified of not having enough after the dealership closed