HELP! Put spacers under windage tray, now pickup tube hits oil pan!
06-08-2007, 07:21 PM
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HELP! Put spacers under windage tray, now pickup tube hits oil pan! What do to? Break out the hammer and smack it a few times?
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06-08-2007, 08:23 PM
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Let me clarify: To clear a 4" crank I had to install 1/8 spacers under the windage tray so the connecting rods won't hit it. Now I cannot install the oil pan, as it hits the pickup tube and I cannot get it flush with the block.
06-08-2007, 09:40 PM
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Nevermind, figured it out. I used a piece of bubble gum and stuck it on different spots of the oil pan, and found out its actually a rib in the middle of the pan near the front. I'm gonna grind it down a bit, and keep workin! Actually I'm just gonna call it a night and get an early start tomorrow.
06-08-2007, 10:58 PM
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After you get it clearenced, put clay on the pick up tube and smoosh the pan down on it. I forget the reccomended clearence, but if you search you may find it. Adding the spacers does decrease tube to pan clearence and you need to make sure you have enough.
06-08-2007, 11:28 PM
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I was thinking of cutting the windage tray to go around the pickup tube, so it would be installed at its original height. I was wondering how it would suck up oil if it was too close to the bottom, I'll do the bubble gum test tomorrow lol
06-10-2007, 08:53 AM
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Ok, I ended up having to cut the rib down on the front of the oil pan almost all of the way. I also had to remove the baffle from the pan, and there is a lip that sticks up, it is 2 pieces tack welded together I had to remove some material from that too. This is on a C5 oil pan, so I don't know if an f-body pan would be different.
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Originally Posted by Mike94ZLT1
Ok, I ended up having to cut the rib down on the front of the oil pan almost all of the way. I also had to remove the baffle from the pan, and there is a lip that sticks up, it is 2 pieces tack welded together I had to remove some material from that too. This is on a C5 oil pan, so I don't know if an f-body pan would be different.
