[quote=bee1971]Torque to spec on a Transmission pan , why ?/quote]

So you don't strip out the aluminum threads

When I converted my 64 300 to automatic, don't ask, about half the pan bolts were stripped or on the verge of being so. I helicoiled all of them. Lot's of ham fisted goons out there, you can tell who they are because they don't use a torque wrench.