Automatic Transmission drain plug stripped!

I searched and found out our tranny don't have the traditional filter it some strainer BS thing that you clean and reuse it

 

^^^^^

 

Not BS, I'd clean it then.

 

What I meant was it is not as functional as a real traditional filter. SInce, it only catch big chunks.

 

That is a "traditional filter" for an automatic transmission.

 

The 1st gen had a paper filter vs a piece of metal with a tube.

 

I have never seen a paper filter in an automatic transmission.

Looking in the service manuals for a second gen it is the same internal strainer with a metal housing that they have used for many years ( including the first generation Tacoma Auto Trans ). No difference. No paper filter in either model.

That being said they do have external spin on filter adapters for a transmission that can be added. However they are After market add ons.

 

Heli-coils are a poor choice. They can back out. A Keen-Sert is a better option. They have standard and thin versions, both have small tabs that you hammer into the OD of the hole.
A new pan is still the best option.

 

Don't, any dirt and kiss tranny good bye

 

I feel you. This was the fill plug on my manual.

 

looks like meatball

 

My god! How can you fuck up a fill plug that badly?

 

A heli coil would not work in a pan because it is too thin. A Time-sert might work, but isnt ideal and you would still have to remove the pan. And, because the Time-sert mates to the pan at a larger diam than the original hole, the sealing washer may not be big enough to seal out as far as the pan/Time-sert surface.


As said already though, for $81, a new pan is the way to go.

 

I know if you strip your oil pan bolt the parts store has a "help" section where they sell a slightly bigger bolt to put in. It actually happens a lot. It a self threading bolt. Very handy.

Sure they have them for tranny pans too!

 

^ I'd rather go with a new pan than risk shavings being circulated in the pan...

 

New pan , new fluids, new bolt and washer . Call it a day .
And next time thread the bolt on by hand before cranking it down .
Good luck !

 

Jesus, that has to be the worst feeling in the world. When I was younger I made the mistake of over tightening a drain plug for the oil pan on my old Acura EL, and when I felt that "POP" from just a bit too much torque on the bolt, my stomach dropped .... needless to say, live and learn.