Son of a…. Am I good?

[JerEazy]

Was doing trans service and valve body gasket replacement on 4r44e (2000 2wd)

I sat down for a second after it was buttoned up and some fluid was going through the funnel and saw a piece of paper inside the filter box. The paper said to use the included bolt when putting on the filter. I did not do that.
So before I go putting more fluid into this thing, do I need to drop the pan and swap that bolt out? Or am I good with the original bolt on the new filter? It doesn’t look much different, just a smaller bolt head.

ugh - thanks in advance.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I wouldnt worry

 

[JerEazy]

Thank you. The top of the paper said REQUIRED for 95-98 - being a 2000 I wasn’t too worried - but wanted to check

 

[4.0blue98]

Went through this a couple months ago with my 98. Caught it before putting the pan back on and there was a slight length difference between the old and new bolt in addition to the head size. I did use the new one but I'm sure you're fine with the 2000.