The E4OD does not come stock with a drain plug. Not one of Ford's brighter ideas. But that can be rectified.
When I drained the ATF on my E4OD, by dropping the pan, I said, "never again". A member of the previous forum, we'll call it Brand X, found another Ford pan which will fit the E4OD, There are two advantages. It's a larger pan, holds more ATF, and should therefore run cooler perhaps. It also has a drain plug. That's a distinct advantage.
From his old post: "[FONT="]If you should want the deep oil pan for your E4OD with the drain plug and the reusable gasket, here is the part number for the kit, includes pan, gasket and bolts necessary to do the conversion:
F7TZ-7A194-DA
The pan itself, for the later E4ODs, is a
F81Z-7A194-BA"
I'll add a picture if I can find it.
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Somewhere I have a good picture of the pan mounted on the transmission, but I can't fine it now.
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