I recently changed the automatic transmission fluid and filter on my ’99 Camaro Z-28. The Haynes manual says when removing the old filter to “rotate it out of the retaining clip”. I didn’t notice a clip when removing it. When I put the new filter in I really looked for it, but I didn’t see it so I just put the new filter in as far as it would go and bolted the pan back on. Now I’m worried that I did somehow miss the retaining clip and that without it the filter will eventually fall out. I don’t want to pull the pan off again just to find out that there is no retaining clip. Can anyone help?
