extra bolt oil pan kit??
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extra bolt oil pan kit??
I installed the hummer "muscle car" pan kit tonight on my 98 ls1 block and i noticed one bolt left over. its an m10 about 1" long. almost looks like a drain plug but not quite(it has one already). Is it an extra for the trans bolts? IDK what i could have missed. i got the pickup and tray all mounted fine. figured GM put it in kit for some reason.
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Although nobody can explain it, some GM LS blocks are "missing" an oil pan bolt hole. There's a hole in the pan and gasket for it but no threaded hole in the block.
I suppose it's OK but in my build, it kept me up at night so I drilled and tapped the block-carefully. Other things keep me up at night tho....
I suppose it's OK but in my build, it kept me up at night so I drilled and tapped the block-carefully. Other things keep me up at night tho....
Last edited by Paul Bell; 07-17-2017 at 10:33 PM.
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It is the dipstick bolt! Havnt installed dipstick yet so that makes perfect sense. I was exlcuding the missing pan bolt from the thread since I already Figure ls that out and they are m8 bolts . I also thought about drilling it but since I'm mating to a th400 I prob won't need the extra strength is could possibly provide. As long as it doesn't leak! Thanks everyone!