Well, it's done! Last night I pulled the truck into the garage, and dropped the pan. everything looked good inside, nice and clean, no gunk. The B&M Transpak was fairly easy to install, and the directions were pretty straight forward. The only problem I ran into was that I didn't have a pair of snap ring pliers (or couldn't find them), so after a trip to the local autoparts store (1900 hrs on a saturday night, not much else was open), I got the snap ring out...Putting the darned thing back in...well, that was a trick. If anyone is interested, make sure you have a LONG pair of snap ring pliers, the only model they had at autozone were the short interchangable kind. It took a little longer than I had planned, but I also took time out to run to the store, and have dinner with the family. While I was at it, I also installed a cast aluminumB&M deep sump trans pan. I didn't realize that these trucks already have a deep pan on them when I ordered the new one, but the cast aluminum piece is cool looking, and it is said to lower temps, and add strenght to the transmission housing. I had a couple gift certificates from JC Whitney anyway! I need to go and get a couple more quarts of fluid, as I forgot to look up how much I needed before I went to the store, and ended up 1 qt short. The truck is coming along, so far, I have also replaced all the belts and hoses, fuel filter, and oil change. I am also in the middle of a WVO conversion (with pictures), and will soon fabricate a cold air intake (I have access to a fair amount of scrap aluminum, and a CNC router). with a little more overtime...4" lift and HMMWV rims and tires!!!
