2003 Grand Marque .. While changing transmission fluid and filter I partially drained the pan (fluid dripping down my arms) reached up and pulled the filter off and when I dropped the pan enough to look inside it this part was sitting in the bottom. Does anyone know what it is and where it should go ? Is it important ? 
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I'm Bob..
2003 Grand Marquis - "Old Reliable".. 1995 3.0 L Ford Aerostar - "The Shaggin Waggin"... 1995 5.7 L Chevy G20 Conversion Van - "The Lead Sled"... 1994 5.7 L Z28 - "My Baby" -
Oh man! If that thing fell out the trans will never shift again!!! J\k it is a plug used in the manufacturing process (dip stick insertion?). That just means that the pan has never been dropped before. It is no longer needed.
87 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Country Squire Station Wagon. 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, Boxed LCA's, Explorer Intake, 65mm T-body, 'Stang Cam, 'Stang Air tube, K&N, GT-40X Heads, 1" Spacer, 1 5/8 BBK's, 2.5" Pypes X-pipe w/high flow cats, Single Chamber Thunderbolts, B&M 'vertor, Po-lice Swaybars.
91 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park Station Wagon. K-Code, 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, MK VII LSC Engine, 'Stang Upper Intake, Stang Air Tube, K&N, 65 mm T-Body, 'Stang Headers, 'Stang Cat Pipe,'Stang Torque Convertor, 2 Chamber Thunderbolts.
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Thanks..one less thing to worry about...I'm Bob..
2003 Grand Marquis - "Old Reliable".. 1995 3.0 L Ford Aerostar - "The Shaggin Waggin"... 1995 5.7 L Chevy G20 Conversion Van - "The Lead Sled"... 1994 5.7 L Z28 - "My Baby"Comment
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I was pretty concerned the 1st time I. Found one....
87 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Country Squire Station Wagon. 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, Boxed LCA's, Explorer Intake, 65mm T-body, 'Stang Cam, 'Stang Air tube, K&N, GT-40X Heads, 1" Spacer, 1 5/8 BBK's, 2.5" Pypes X-pipe w/high flow cats, Single Chamber Thunderbolts, B&M 'vertor, Po-lice Swaybars.
91 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park Station Wagon. K-Code, 4.10's, Repacked Trac Loc, MK VII LSC Engine, 'Stang Upper Intake, Stang Air Tube, K&N, 65 mm T-Body, 'Stang Headers, 'Stang Cat Pipe,'Stang Torque Convertor, 2 Chamber Thunderbolts.
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same here. Then I found out what it was, and I was even more concerned. The car I was working on had 120k miles and 18 years on original fluid based on the little bobber. Trans worked fine until I caught the car on fire and killed it.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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the little rubber plug of horror.sigpic
- 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria P72 - the street boat - 5.0 liter EFI - Ported HO intake/TB, 90 TC shroud/overflow, Aero airbox/zip tube, Cobra camshaft, 19lb injectors, dual exhaust w/ Magnaflows, Cat/Smog & AC delete, 3G alternator, MOOG chassis parts & KYB cop shocks, 215/70r/15s on 95-97 Merc rims
- 2007 Ford Escape XLT - soccer mom lifted station wagon - 3.0 Duratec, auto, rear converter delete w/ Magnaflow dual exhaust
- 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis Ultimate Edition - Daily driver - 4.6 2 valve Mod motor, 4R75E, 2.73s. Bone stockComment
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note that most quick service places that do flushes, don't actually drop the pan... they just cycle the fluid through. Even my volvo dealership does a straight flush, through the trans cooler lines, and never drops the pan.
So finding that does not mean that the fluid was never changed, per se.Comment
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