Dodge Durango Forum II

Trannie Service- Help Please

Hi All,
First, let me wish all of you out there a very Happy Safe Health filled New Year. Now for my own woes. I am presently in the process of doing the trannie service on my transmission. Let me say this, all did not go as planned. I pumped out as much of the fluid as I could ( I thought it was all!) and then dropped the pan. What a surprise to see fluid dripping everywhere because the pan was still full. Okay, after numerous words which you don't find in the dictionary, I finally got the fluid in the pan drained and then realized that the pan slides out- it does not come out and down, but that is another story entirely. Here is my question. The gasket that is on my pan is a hard plastic type. Is that the re-usable one? Or do I need to replace it with another one? I have two trannie filters, just in case one was the wrong one, so I have gaskets, one is cork the other is rubber. If someone has the answer please let me know. Thanks. Here is the truck info:
1998 D SLT+ PT4x4 5.9 3.92 rear LS, 46RE trannie.

John Mc

Wed Dec 31