Tranmission magnet

[TheOldRanger]

I just dropped the pan for a fluid and filter change of the A4LD transmission in my 1987 Ranger. I expected to find a magnet in the bottom recess, but none was there. Was the transmission delivered with a magnet when it was built? I suspect that the fluid was changed at some time in the truck's life. Should I purchase a magnet and leave it in the pan?

Thanks!

 

[MikeG]

Take an old computer hard drive apart, the magnets in them are amazingly strong.

 

[Dirtman]

Someone probably took the magnet out to clean it off while changing the fluid and never put it back in. I would get a new one, they do serve a pretty useful function.

 

[TheOldRanger]

Thanks. I did find a magnet and dropped it in the pan before I buttoned it up.