I was flipping through my Summit catalog and found Derale Transmission pans.
model 14110 is for the 518 and adds 3 more qts and a drain plug.
Just wondering if anyone here is using it.... its only $81.95.
http://www.derale.com/pans.html

I might pick up one of these when I get the tranny oil/filter changed.

 

i saw those. it looks like there's a lot of things that could go wrong. mud, rust, leaks, etc.
i think a cooler would do a better job of cooling.
and i think this hughes pan would be a better option on extra capacity. i think i'll get one of these later this year. the kit includes a filter.
http://www.jsrautospecialties.com/se...on-pan,/Detail

 

Good find vaughan! I'd suggest a non-cork gasket. I ran one of those cork rubber gaskets and couldn't get it to seal properly, I think they're too flat. The rubber seals have more thickness to them.

 

Unless I am missing something, they do not have one listed for the 46RE.

 

I am no transmission expert, but I know that...

A518 is the same as46RH &46RE. Found that out when I was doing research on getting my "518" rebuilt.
Google "dodgetransmission 518"
http://www.google.com/search?q=Dodge...mp;startPage=1

Also read that you can use a 727 pan/gasket in the 518, think I read that in this forum. People were doing that to gain more capacity and a drain plug.

Edit:
just did a forum search on the 727. Its not a larger capacity....

 

dhvaughan,
Were you the person who installed the B&G Transmission Filter?
hows that working out?

I want to get the perma-cool deluxe. So I can get both functions of it filtering and housing the sending unit for my transmission temp gauge.
I am just leary of it affecting line pressure and restricting flow...

how long have you had it?
do you tow anything?

 

Correct. Found the same info when I was looking for someone on another thread.

This will also tell you the same thing...
http://www.dreviltransmissions.com/46RE.htm

 

it was me.. https://dodgeforum.com/m_717634/tm.htm
works good.

i've had it about a year.
i don't have a temp gauge, so i can't really say how much good its doing, but i figure its doing something and it might extend the life of the transmission.
i tow a boat occassionally, not much. a friends tractor a couple times a year. haul a lot of wood.
the remote filter is handy. given all the hundreds (or thousands) of posts here about transmissions, i try to change the fluid every year. this past year i used the drain plug in the pan and replaced the remote filter and called it done. this coming year i think i'll get the Hughes pan and change the internal filter.

 

Wow, you learn something new everyday I guess. **Opens mouth, inserts foot***

 

Thats what this forum is all about. Trading knowledge.