Dropped plastic piece into trans... how can it be removed?

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Al Kondo - 19 Oct 2006 20:42 GMT

A friend of mine has the rare find of a daughter who goes to college
and works on her own car! She is quite handy; I once helped her R&R a
water pump on her car on the side of a road.

Her mother mentioned to me today that she made a pretty big mistake
while trying to put oil in her transmission (91 Buick Regal).
Somehow, there was a plastic piece on the end of a funnel type thing
which fell off and into the trans while she was trying to fill it.
Apparently, she did not know that this plastic plug was on the end of
it. She only realized it, after hearing it unplug and tumble into the
trans.

I have no particular ideas on how to get it out, except, flushing the
trans with oil and hoping that the item falls to the bottom. Does
anyone have any other ideas??

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MT-2500 - 19 Oct 2006 21:41 GMT

Al Kondo Wrote:

> A friend of mine has the rare find of a daughter who goes to college
> and works on her own car! She is quite handy; I once helped her R&R a
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> trans with oil and hoping that the item falls to the bottom. Does
> anyone have any other ideas??

If autonmatic. No Problem No sweat No big Deal:grinyes: :grinno: :lol:

If dip stick goes in OK all is well.
You might warn the person that changes the filter on it what he may
find in there.
MT

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hls - 19 Oct 2006 22:05 GMT

>A friend of mine has the rare find of a daughter who goes to college
> and works on her own car! She is quite handy; I once helped her R&R a
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> trans with oil and hoping that the item falls to the bottom. Does
> anyone have any other ideas??

I dont believe it is going to pass through the tranny filter:>).
There are, IIRC, a few places where the 'fish' might get into some
areas where it could cause a problem.

If she hasnt serviced the tranny lately, go ahead and do it and get the
bit out.
.

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Steve W. - 19 Oct 2006 22:06 GMT

Since the tube drops into the trans pan and any fluid the trans uses
goes through a filter I wouldn't worry about it. If you REALLY want to
remove it just drop the trans pan and change out the fluid and filter
while your there.

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lugnut - 19 Oct 2006 23:54 GMT

>A friend of mine has the rare find of a daughter who goes to college
>and works on her own car! She is quite handy; I once helped her R&R a
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>trans with oil and hoping that the item falls to the bottom. Does
>anyone have any other ideas??

I wouldn't give it a second thought. The trans probably
already has the dupstick tube hole plug in there from when
the car was built unless it has had trans service and the
tech removed it. Most cars come from the factory with this
piece of plastic floating around in there. That is one way
a tech nician can tell whether or not the trans has ever
been serviced.

Lugnut

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dsguy - 25 Oct 2006 03:35 GMT

it can only be removed be removing the bottom trans pan. more than
likely, the piece that fell down will be in there or has been sucked up
into the filter, where it will stay if it actually makes it into the
filter. if it's not in one of those places, which it probably will be,
flushing the fluid will do no good. it MIGHT not cause a problem, but
if it were my car, i wouldn't want it in there.

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