Quote Originally Posted by LS1Adam84 View Post
Magnets for your magnets magnets!

Looks good man, nicely done. The next trans I do is getting some PPG Dog Box love.
Hey thanks! Yeah, Every time I've pulled a pan or disassembled a trans, the magnet (singular) was always beyond capacity. I plan to be super vigilant about fluid maintenance, so even if I had the standard magnet setup, I wouldn't worry about it getting overloaded. But they're $1.30 each, so why not, right?

That dog box is in a whole different league from what I'm doing here!


Quote Originally Posted by Spawne32 View Post
Same TSB, some of them online are missing paperwork regarding the magnet placement though. Placement is really what is critical here as there is reason for them being placed on certain areas of the pan, the new round magnets are what I would go with over the squares as the squares have a tendency to become overloaded quickly, that was the purpose of the TSB. While im sure that you probably wont hurt anything with the magnets where they are, I wouldnt risk potentially having an issue with interference from the magnets by going "hog wild" with them. The two on the plan are plenty trust me, having multiple magnets attached to the filter and in locations that werent originally designed for them could cause more issues then they help solve. Given how your building the trans I dont think your gonna have issues where the magnets need to scoop up a ton of material, and the rest the filter and regular maintenance can handle just fine. Hate to see you develop some phantom issue as a result of magnets.
That diagram you show for magnet placement seems to make sense. It places them close, or as close as possible, to the fluid dump points. Just my opinion though, not an engineer. I may still order up a doughnut mag, but only because it would go around the protruding portion of my drain plug. Extra insurance for that RTV to keep it from moving around in the aluminum pan. We'll see. I still have time to figure all that out. Like I say, I plan to keep a close eye on fluid condition. Having a pan with a drain plug will make it way more convenient to drop and inspect/clean everything.