Stock-depth 2-5/8 in pan for GM 700R4 and 4L60E with a drain plug, gasket and bolt set so fluid changes stop being a mess.
When a Chevy or GMC truck, an S10 or a Camaro leaves a red spot under the middle of the vehicle, or the pan has been bent by a rock or a jack, the fix is often a new pan rather than another gasket. This is a stock-depth 2-5/8 inch replacement pan for the GM 700R4, 4L60 and 4L60E that crosses to SP8594BK. It ships with a gasket, a full bolt set and a drain plug with a sealing washer, so it goes back exactly like factory but adds the plug GM never put on this pan.
The pan is more than a cover. Its flange clamps the gasket against the case rail at every bolt, and its floor sets where the filter pickup sits in the fluid. That makes two kinds of damage matter. A rail that has been pried with a screwdriver or overtightened turns wavy between bolts and will not hold a gasket flat, no matter what sealer goes on it. A floor that has been pushed up can close the gap under the filter so the pump draws against a restriction. A low or starved pump means low line pressure, and low line pressure is how the 3-4 clutches in this transmission slip and burn.
Clean the underside and drive the truck, then look for where the wet trail starts. Cooler line fittings, the shift shaft seal, the speed sensor and the rear seal all drip onto the pan and get blamed on it. If it is the pan, lay a straightedge across the removed pan rail; a rail you can see light under is done. While the pan is off, look at what is on the magnet and in the bottom: a little gray paste is normal wear, while bronze flakes or loose friction material mean the transmission has internal wear that a pan will not cure. Our 4L60E filter and pan service guide explains how to read that debris and how often GM wants the service done, and the 4L60E common problems guide shows what those failures look like in the vehicle.
This is the standard, shallow pan for the 700R4, 4L60 and 4L60E. That covers 1993-2013 4L60E applications such as the Silverado and Sierra 1500, Tahoe, Yukon, Suburban, S10, Sonoma, Blazer, Camaro and Corvette, and earlier 700R4 vehicles with the standard pan. It is not a match for a truck that came with the deep pan: GM introduced a deeper pan on many 1998-and-later C/K trucks and G vans, and that setup uses a longer dipstick and tube and a deep filter. Measure your pan depth or send us your year and VIN if you are unsure. Every 4L60E part we stock is on the 4L60E parts page, and if your truck needs the deeper pan, the 4L60E deep aluminum pan with filter and gasket is the right part.
Remove the old pan, then pull the old filter and its seal out of the pump bore. This pan does not include a filter, so order a standard-depth filter, or buy the 4L60E pan service kit with filter if you want everything in one box. Clean the case rail with a plastic scraper only, since a steel blade leaves burrs that cause seeps. Fit the gasket dry, thread all the bolts by hand, then tighten them in a crossing pattern to about 97-106 in-lb, which lines up with the GM figure of 12 N-m. Overtightening crushes the gasket and is the usual reason a fresh pan job leaks. Install the drain plug with its washer, refill with Dexron VI, run through the gears and set the level hot on the dipstick. If the truck also had shift codes, the 4L60E 5-piece master solenoid kit can go in while the pan is down.
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Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
No. It includes the pan, gasket, bolt set and drain plug. Order a standard-depth 4L60E filter with it, or choose the pan service kit that includes the filter.
Not as a direct swap. The deep pan uses a longer dipstick and tube and a deep filter. Putting this standard pan on means changing those too, so most owners should buy a deep pan to match.
GM's 2007 Silverado schedule calls for fluid and filter at 50,000-mile intervals for severe service such as towing, and at 100,000 miles for normal use. A drain plug makes it easy to change fluid more often in between.
Usually from overtightening, a burred case rail from a steel scraper, or sealer on the gasket. Clean the rail with plastic, install the gasket dry and torque to about 97-106 in-lb in a crossing pattern.
Dexron VI ATF. It is GM's backward-compatible service fill and is correct for 700R4 and 4L60E units of every year.
