Diesel Performance 1061525 Transmission Pan, Black

So fare so good

Works great

Includes the pan, gasket, 1/8 inch pipe plug for the temperature sensor if not used. The drain plug has a magnet for ferrous metal. There are 15 M6 x 1.0 metric bolts and 15 M6 x 12 stainless steel flat washers. I counted bolts from inside the package before opening but when I went to install the pan there were only 14 washers. On my 2012 Ram 3500 with a 68RFE the fifteen bolts are 8mm head bolts. The torx screw holding the sump filter is a T25. The BD bolts will need a 5mm hex tool. I used a small oil filter removal tool I have in the shop to remove the cooling line filter. The seal used for the sump filter is almost impossible to remove. Inspect yours and if it looks fine you may want to consider just leaving it in place. What little RTV gasket material stuck to the transmission case was easy to remove with my fingernail. The gasket BD includes does not need RTV to seal if your case is clean. Right or wrong I let the truck sit overnight and pulled the pan with the transmission cold. I let it drain for an hour. With additional room in the new pan I used 13 quarts of ATF+4 to completely fill the case once the tranny was warmed up. I took it up I-70 from 7,500 feet to 10,500 feet pushing the truck hard and the trans temp never went above 158 degrees F. Use a criss cross method to torque the new pan on and finish by making sure each bolt is at 105 inch pounds or 8.75 foot pounds. Use a two or three step method to prevent over torquing any single bolt.

I installed the pan easily without any problems, the problems occurred after I added transmission fluid and found a pin hole leak in the bottom of the pan. BD customer service was of no help, said Amazon was not a contracted distributer for them and that I would have to take up my issues with amazon. Beware of buying BD Diesel products through amazon because BD will be of no help if your product is defective.Amazon was great, talked to a rep and told him the problem, he shipped me out a new pan and also replaced the transmission fluid that I had to waste because the pan had to be removed again. New pan is on and no leaks!

For the price it is a good value, my 2018 Ram 2500 required me to bend the oil cooler lines inorder to to allow proper installation. This was not that easy, I found it best to remove the Short pipe and reshape it for some clearance.. The temperature port in the oil pan looks to have had a few of the threads damaged on the inside part of the hole. Last of all the gasket was not protected with cardboard as I had seen in other reviews. My gasket was between the top of the box and the packing. This resulted in the gasket not wanting to stay in place during installation. I would recommend this oil pan, but the quality can't fall from the point that I am seeing or it would be considered junk. BD Products good value keep up the good work, maybe look at selling a replacement short cooler line for my type of install.