AW4 pan

[Harry]

Mines fawked, you have?

[Burton58]

I do. Comes with a 2wd aw4 and mayyyy be more than you wanna spend

[Harry]

That's exactly what I was afraid of. There is not an abundance of bad AW4s floating around, might be hard to find one to steal a pan off of.

[Burton58]

Text me later, I think we can work something out

[Harry]

Will do.

I may also be able to hammer it back out. It's not THAT bad, not torn or anything. Skid for there is the real fix.

[customcreationsllc]

Weld a plate to the bottom make the pan a skid plate.
While your at it add a drain.

My only plan is us it as a mockup trans and use the bell housing to weld to an Ecotec bell to run in the buggy at some point.
You can have the pan if you swap them for me so it doesn't leak all over my basement.

[Harry]

Thanks, might take you up on that.

Any concern about the sides buckling under a hard hit? I've thought about plating it before, maybe I'll add some material to the sides as well.

[customcreationsllc]

It wouldn't be a full skid to slide across but definitely take some beating.
You cannot take too much before you crack your housing.
Why do you think oil pans have that extra plate tacked to the bottom.

The sides would would be relatively strong, they are short with some geometry. You can add vertical stiffeners if you really wish. I would do something like a 3/16 plate with a couple 1" vertical strips between the nuts. Wouldn't take long at all.


Since it is already a pan it is sealed just tack a plate on and call it done.

If you need a hand I can tig a nut to the pan so you can have a drain plug.
This is what I did on my last jeep.