I have a 98 Chevy blazer LS 4.3L 4x4 134,400Miles and I am wanting to do a tranny service fluid & filter going to be pulling a small camper and want to service it before hand, I was looking up the part # for the Filter and on autozone.com it lists two filters it says 16 Bolt Shallow pan, or 16 bolt deep pan, how do i tell what pan i have? TY

 

I'd buy both and return the one that I didn't need

 

Trying to eliminate having to buy both thats why i am asking

 

A quick search for "shallow+deep+pan" turned up this post:Most 4wd s-series trucks came with the deep pan. If I remember correctly, the shallow pan does not have the step in it.

 

Your luck must be better than mine. Inevitably, I'd tear it apart and have a truck that doesn't fit the normal profile

 

Its not the deep pan its the shallow one, climbed underneath and looked it is in fact the shallow, my blazer is the LS model 4x4

 

When I did my filter last year, I had to remove the crossmember so I could drop the pan far enough to clear everything...