I'm in the market to buy a deep pan for a Power Glide and see that there are several to pick from. Moroso has an aluminum pan # 42000. I want to stay away from a steel or cast aluminum pan, the cast pan I have leaks.

Is anyone familiar with the Moroso pan? Any problems, etc.? When using the Moroso pan what bracket (manufacturer and part number) is necessary to connect the shift cable.

Thanks for the feed back.

Bob

Bob, FWIW both my cars have the cast finned pan and neither leak.

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I run the Moroso no issues. Use the same cable
bracket you use now. I use studs and nuts on it.
I run it because it lighter.

Personally I like the Hughes tapered pan. It is tapered so it sits level in the car and deeper in back. It also has a baffle to keep the fluid from sloshing up and also a special pick up so the filter is under the baffle. It is the same design as the aluminum Sonnax pan except it is cast aluminum. I have it on both my TD transmissions. The other thing a cast pan does, at least at my power level is it adds some rigidity to the case making it stronger IMO

I to run the Hughes tapered pan. I have ran several cast pans and never any issues.

Not sure what brand my cast aluminum pan is. Probably Moroso. No leaks. Tighten bolts with a torque wrench.

Also use a Felpro pan gasket.

Hughes tapered with baffle is the wtg

I have the Sonnax pan, works fine.

Neil and Parks have aluminum pans Made in Kansas USA. Never seen these guys do anything but right. At least give them a look

I run a cast BTE pan and a Farpac gasket. It's never leaked...

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Same one I have and it’s cheaper through Amazon than direct. I also use the blue gasket with metal core

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Originally posted by Coloradoracer:
I run a cast BTE pan and a Farpac gasket. It's never leaked...

I run exactly the same. BTE finned cast pan..... Love the FarPac material. The Hughes looks like a well engineered design.

Hughes tapered pan with baffle pretty damn skippy. Don't know if it's $250 skippy, but it's fundamentally nice / loaded. Fast Top Dragster ready definitely.

A cast pan is really the way to go, it'll act as a girdle to the case. Makes it a modular unit with farpac gasket in play.

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Originally posted by RPROGAS:
I'm in the market to buy a deep pan for a Power Glide and see that there are several to pick from. Moroso has an aluminum pan # 42000. I want to stay away from a steel or cast aluminum pan, the cast pan I have leaks.

Is anyone familiar with the Moroso pan? Any problems, etc.? When using the Moroso pan what bracket (manufacturer and part number) is necessary to connect the shift cable.

Thanks for the feed back.

Bob

There are some pretty strong points above on the cast pan, but FWIW....I use a stock glide case and stefs pan (very comparable to the moroso....but cheaper) never an issue. You may still encounter a pan rail leaking problem with a fabricated pan as the flanges are easy to warp if your not careful. I have worked with about every cast pan out there and never had an issue, more times than not its the dip stick tube and then it runs around the edge looking like a pan issue.

The transmission pan I have is a Bruno, it is part of the trans shield they made years ago. It's not aluminum but some material that required a coat of varnish (inside and out) to prevent leaking. Fluid seeps through the material they used. Over time it required a fresh coat or it would begin to leak, I got tired of repeating the process so a drip pan under the car became necessary.

I bought a Reid case years ago eliminating the need for the Bruno shield but I kept the pan. It's time to eliminate the problem which is the reason for a new pan. I will probably use either the Moroso or the Hughes, price is not a factor, I want this leak fixed for ever.

The one issue is that I fabricated a plate for my floor jack to remove the trans. The Hughes tapered pan and the Moroso thin aluminum pan might be a problem when using the jack.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Bob

I wouldn't run a moroso aluminum pan for $25 dollars or even free for that matter, ya know it's made in china, look at it.

I'd probably give Hughes $150 for theirs, it's nice well thought out. Look at the drain plug. It's designed to last forever. High performance too.

Bob, I’ll bet 99.9% of the trans pans on race power glides are not tapered.

Innovation.

The Hughes pan is high performance. Fast Top Dragster ready.

You get a car that accelerates real hard, the oil can crawl up the back of the pan behind the VB, and can uncover the pickup.

With this Hughes pan, you can put a check in the box of eliminating that variable.

Nice pan. MADE IN USA

I'd use a brass high flow filter with it, like this one.