42RLE rebuild

So how do i get my hands on a heavier than dorman pan with welded bung? Is there a link i can attach some funds to and whala it appears in my mailbox? I’m willing to pay…

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So how do i get my hands on a heavier than dorman pan with welded bung? Is there a link i can attach some funds to and whala it appears in my mailbox? I’m willing to pay…

Most folks send me a pan from Amazon. I braze the bung in and send it back to an address they give me. It runs about 30 bucks to supply and braze the bung in plus shipping.
 
X2, just order a pan and send it to mrblaine to have him braze the transmission sender's mounting bung into it. He beautifully brazed one into my current 42RLE pan. What's almost funny is I was able to weld (not braze) the bung into my 32RH pan without difficulty but all I could do was blow holes through the 42RLE pan when I tried to do the same with it.
 
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I tried to weld in a bung into the stock pan and it ended up leaking. I’m an amateur welder and welding a relatively small and thick bung into the thin metal is not the easiest thing to do while also avoiding blowing holes in the thin metal. After a failed second attempt and losing my work space in the middle of it all(long story) I did what is suggested above and had the Dorman pan sent directly to mrblaine. A week and a small payment later and I had a new pan with a non-leaking bung. I will say I am getting pretty damn fast at the simple task of removing and installing a transmission pan, which is something I didn’t really want to get good at.
 
I tried to weld in a bung into the stock pan and it ended up leaking. I’m an amateur welder and welding a relatively small and thick bung into the thin metal is not the easiest thing to do while also avoiding blowing holes in the thin metal. After a failed second attempt and losing my work space in the middle of it all(long story) I did what is suggested above and had the Dorman pan sent directly to mrblaine. A week and a small payment later and I had a new pan with a non-leaking bung. I will say I am getting pretty damn fast at the simple task of removing and installing a transmission pan, which is something I didn’t really want to get good at.

Sorry about the week turnaround time, that's just shipping. We always do them the same day and in fact have a couple here already done in case I have something else going on that stops me from getting right to it.
 
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Sorry about the week turnaround time, that's just shipping. We always do them the same day and in fact have a couple here already done in case I have something else going on that stops me from getting right to it.

Thinking about it, it wasn’t a week. In fact, I think you shipped the pan before Amazon delivered one to you on my behalf. Pretty damn amazing service.
 
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Thinking about it, it wasn’t a week. In fact, I think you shipped the pan before Amazon delivered one to you on my behalf. Pretty damn amazing service.

I don't recall any that have been delayed unless it is a weekend thing. It is almost always a time sensitive issue and we do our best to react accordingly.
 
Not necessarily preferred but I'm fond of the Jeep branded Autometer.

I’ve had Auto Meter 880260 in my Amazon cart for at least a year. I’ve known that you would do the bung install but it seems like just sending you a pan is missing a few steps in any normal service process.

If you know what to do when a 42RLE Dorman pan shows up, I think I just send you a pan from Amazon and maybe an email with a heads up.
 
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I’ve had Auto Meter 880260 in my Amazon cart for at least a year. I’ve known that you would do the bung install but it seems like just sending you a pan is missing a few steps in any normal service process.

If you know what to do when a 42RLE Dorman pan shows up, I think I just send you a pan from Amazon and maybe an email with a heads up.

I know what to do when a pan shows up accompanied by a heads up. I don't know what to do if it just shows up except to toss it in a corner and wait until someone tells me why it is here.