Magnet in pan

[georgewe4]

I was able to install my new pan last night and everything went beutiful until I was cleaning up and realized I had not put the magnet in the pan before I assembled the pan to the tranny. I just went ahead and cleaned everything up and called it a night. How important is that magnet? I don't really want to take the pan back off but if I have to I will. I dont want to do any damage to the tranny. I put a new filter in it when I changed pans. It is a stock pan I replaced the old one with. What do you guys think???
George

 

[77 cruiser]

IMO it depends on how anal you are & how much was on it when you did the service.

Jim

 

[georgewe4]

Not a whole lot was on the magnet when I removed the pan. The transmission only has about 2000 miles on it.
George

 

[st1nger]

magnet

won't hurt trans hold on to magnet nexted filter change put it back in it collects metal debris next filter change will be soon enough if you want to wait

 

[Nick Micale]

Magnet on pan!

Originally posted by georgewe4
I was able to install my new pan last night .... and realized I had not put the magnet in the pan before I assembled the pan ..... What do you guys think???
George

Put it on the outside of the pan.

 

[chris718]

nick ,thanks i was in need of some good humor

 

[Nick Micale]

Glad I could help Chris!

Sometimes things get too serious in this forum.

[Keep up the good work.]

 

[SS-EXPRESS]

Put it on the outside of the pan.

I agree. We do this with oil pans if a non-magnetic drain plug is used and believe me it works.

 

[wayner]

Is there any truth to this, I was told a 200 4R tranny or a 700 4R without a magnet will then allow the ferrous material that normally collects to it, to then collect on the electro magnet of the torque convertor solinoid and eventually cause a problem?

 

[2quiktocare]

Nick, is that with or without duct tape to make sure it doesnt fly off at speed? What color should i use? Should I criss cross the tape pattern if used? lol, that broke the ice for sure.

Mark

 

[chris718]

that is true .when the solenoid is turned on it generates a magnetic field attracting particles that can stick the solenoid