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Where is the drain plug for the transmission on a 96 Ford F-150??
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it looks like it on most of them , but you won't be sure till you crawl under it.
It may not have one. Some you have to drop the entire pan to drain it (usually makes a nice mess)
My manual tranny on the 96 Bronco has two plugs on the, I think right?, side. The lower one is the drain although it's not a lot lower than the fill.
If it is a 4R70 it won't have one. Ford was trying to keep from raising sticker prices on their truck that year.
Loosen all of the bolts about 1/3 of the way, then all of the bolts on the driver's side to allow transmission fluid to splash onto you and your garage floor.
The idea is that enough of the fluid will drain so you can lower the pan.
My GMC doesn't have one , like many I found a fluid extractor vacuum to be very handy

this is the one I have


you runt he largest of the tubes that will fit down the dipstick tube you can suck about 4 quarts out , you can't get what it in the torque converter with a drain and fill
then read what line your at for how many quarts to put back in

takes about 30 minutes and you need no jack , no ramps , and never have to lay down and crawl under it

it does not get the filter but neither does a drain and fill

they are very handy for many fluid jobs , changing the oil on my mowers through the dipstick tube is about a 3-4 minute job , suck out the old 3/4 of a quart and pour in the new , check level is correct , the largest tube fits down those easily
some mowers you had to pull the plug on the bottom but first you had to find it with all the grass mess and clean it off and lift the mower up to get a pan under it , the new ones it is on the side and then you have to tip the mower on it's side and end up with a mess all over. fluid extractor is fast and easy , as soon as it starts looking dirty suck it out new oil in

the brake bleeder works so fast you might need a friend to keep pouring fluid in the master cylinder

I use mine mostly with the air hose but it has a manual pump handle also
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If it is a 4R70 it won't have one. Ford was trying to keep from raising sticker prices on their truck that year.
Loosen all of the bolts about 1/3 of the way, then all of the bolts on the driver's side to allow transmission fluid to splash onto you and your garage floor.
The idea is that enough of the fluid will drain so you can lower the pan.
I wish my Chiltons manuals were written this honestly.
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They must of been trying to cut costs during the c4, c6 eras as well because they didn't have drain plugs either. Lol

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well if you find you need to pull that pan down , buy an aftermarket pan , not one of the options doesn't have a drain plug on Rock Auto

Bill do you have an automatic or a manual transmission. I have yet to see an automatic with a factory drain plug. You could add one or maybe some aftermarket pans came with one. But they were designed to make a mess as you had to loosen bolts and let one corner down to drain them.

Manual transmissions always had drain plug on or very near bottom, the filler plug half way up the side of the transmission. You drained the oil out of it, replaced drain plug then filled it from filler plug until oil starts coming out the fill plug. Manual transmissions never were filled more than half way. Same with differentials and most mechanical gear boxes. Pox on anybody that sold a differential without a drain and filler plug. And there were some that did exactly that.
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