727 Auto Trans Questions; Plastic shavings/sealing pan

Today I took the pan off my '69 RR just because the gasket was leaking. I found the oil to be clean and in good color but found small plastic white shavings at the bottom of the pan. The trans was not having any operational issues. Where are these shavings from and are they anything to be concerned about?

I bought one of the hard plastic gaskets with the small o-rings around the perimeter. However, no matter how hard I tried (with very careful pounding), I could not get the old stamped metal pan true and flat. I am sure it will leak again even with the new gasket. Anyone have a suggested source for a new straight pan?

i had same leak isuse,bought new pan from summit,can't remeber the name,but it had cooling tubes built into the bottom,added 2 qts extra,and a magnetic drain plug,i think it was around 100.00,drain plug ,never know why they didn't all have them,makes an unpleasant job,nice

Probably some one had a problem with a speedo gear.

I saw the aluminum pans in Summit but didn't really want to spend that much or lower my ground clearance by the additional 2 qts. Anyone still sell steel stamped pans or aluminum ones in stock capacity? Thanks!!

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I saw the aluminum pans in Summit but didn't really want to spend that much or lower my ground clearance by the additional 2 qts. Anyone still sell steel stamped pans or aluminum ones in stock capacity? Thanks!!

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I haven't seen a source for a NEW stock pan other than MAYBE the dealer .