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Browsing Prime Day I found this.
https://a.co/d/0bNmj8JC

Looks like a decent low cost alternative to get a drain plug. Even includes a new filter. Although the gasket looks like it should be tossed in the trash.
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China knock off. Some of the Amazon reviews indicate on some the mounting holes do not line up....
How hard is it to program a machine to properly drill holes ???????
You pays yo money and yo takes yo chances.........
 

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I wouldn't do anything except a Motorcraft filter on a 10R transmission.

There are already too many battles to fight with them to trust anything else. And I'm all about aftermarket parts most of the time. Just not this time.
 
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The video review is what was convincing. The pan looks pretty comparable to oem in size and layout.
 


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its not plastic so its gone to add un-needed weight BAHAHAHA
Ford designed it to be plastic...
the second you start sinking money into your truck, the tranny will fail, just drive it till the wheels fall off
 

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China knock off. Some of the Amazon reviews indicate on some the mounting holes do not line up....
How hard is it to program a machine to properly drill holes ???????
You pays yo money and yo takes yo chances.........
Amazon reviews need to be taken with a grain of salt, there are always some negative reviews on products - some of which I've purchased and the product has been perfectly good, some of the neg reviews one can discern are written by idiots/malcontents, if I were in the market for an aluminum pan I'd not hesitate to buy Chinese - plus if one has Prime it's easy to return purchases.

Now here is a link to CEO Farley who has IMO an accurate assessment of the Chinese auto indusrty - if they ever are allowed to enter the US market - big trouble for the domestic makers.

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/c...hina-come-in-slow-we-re-watching-you-45136594
 
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Amazon reviews need to be taken with a grain of salt, there are always some negative reviews on products - some of which I've purchased are the product has been perfectly good, some of the neg reviews one can discern are written by idiots/malcontents, if I were in the market for an aluminum pan I'd not hesitate to buy Chinese - plus if one has Prime it's easy to return purchases.

Now here is a link to CEO Farley who has IMO an accurate assessment of the Chinese auto indusrty - if they are allowed to enter the US market - big trouble for the domestic makers.

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/c...hina-come-in-slow-we-re-watching-you-45136594
There's a good chance that this so called 'Chinese knock-off' is made on the same line as others the cost twice as much.
 

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Amazon reviews need to be taken with a grain of salt, there are always some negative reviews on products - some of which I've purchased and the product has been perfectly good, some of the neg reviews one can discern are written by idiots/malcontents, if I were in the market for an aluminum pan I'd not hesitate to buy Chinese - plus if one has Prime it's easy to return purchases.

Now here is a link to CEO Farley who has IMO an accurate assessment of the Chinese auto indusrty - if they ever are allowed to enter the US market - big trouble for the domestic makers.

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/c...hina-come-in-slow-we-re-watching-you-45136594
Yes, they do make/manufacture some good quality items, and I'm sure their auto industry is producing some very competitive vehicles. Their trying to compete in a worldwide auto market.
But it's the nitch market and the knock off items that suffer. With the pans their trying to compete with some already proven very good products. They can make them out of whatever quality aluminum they may use and knock them out....but again, it's not like their going to sell thousands upon thousands of them.....lots of trannies out there but just a very few that are going to mod them.
For an item that dosen't have to do with a very important part, a knock off might be OK.....but for an important engine/transmission part......I'll pass.
So again...you pays yo money and yo takes yo chances......
 

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Amazon reviews need to be taken with a grain of salt, there are always some negative reviews on products - some of which I've purchased and the product has been perfectly good, some of the neg reviews one can discern are written by idiots/malcontents, if I were in the market for an aluminum pan I'd not hesitate to buy Chinese - plus if one has Prime it's easy to return purchases.

Now here is a link to CEO Farley who has IMO an accurate assessment of the Chinese auto indusrty - if they ever are allowed to enter the US market - big trouble for the domestic makers.

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/c...hina-come-in-slow-we-re-watching-you-45136594
I'm in favor of Cars made by Chinese companies as long as they are built in the USA. It might help bring costs down for high quality cars for USA Citizens and would provide needed jobs for American workers. Downside is the chinese might make their USA cars with lots of robots and fewer humans.
 

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I'm in favor of Cars made by Chinese companies as long as they are built in the USA. It might help bring costs down for high quality cars for USA Citizens and would provide needed jobs for American workers. Downside is the chinese might make their USA cars with lots of robots and fewer humans.
You can't have those two in the same paragraph. It's either/or.
Bringing manufacturing to the US would actually raise the cost, not lower it.
Example: This is a slide of cost of manufacturing VW in Germany vs China. It would probably be higher in the US. That's why things are made in China or Mexico.

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Amazon reviews need to be taken with a grain of salt, there are always some negative reviews on products - some of which I've purchased and the product has been perfectly good, some of the neg reviews one can discern are written by idiots/malcontents, if I were in the market for an aluminum pan I'd not hesitate to buy Chinese - plus if one has Prime it's easy to return purchases.
It is an easy return, not an easy process to pull it off and replace it. I agree on the Amazon reviews. If it requires tools, reading directions or basic skills, I discount half of the bad reviews. People blame there ineptitude on the product, not themselves.
 

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You can't have those two in the same paragraph. It's either/or.
Bringing manufacturing to the US would actually raise the cost, not lower it.
Example: This is a slide of cost of manufacturing VW in Germany vs China. It would probably be higher in the US. That's why things are made in China or Mexico.

1791832677361-ov.webp
So, in your estimation, changing the laws/ rules which prohibit / inhibit import of Chinese cars (Software Ban, Hardware Ban, Security Rationale, 100% Tariffs, & Ownership Threshold) and telling the Chinese they can sell cars here only if made here, would result in still no Chinese cars being sold in USA? Might be interesting to find out what might happen.
 
 








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