dreamls1

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I just got done puting in my new cam, i can get the oil pan to drop 1/2 so i can get to the bolt on the oil pump so i can put my new one in. am i forgeting somthing? i losend the bolts on the oil pan.

jsteele90

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make sure you loosened all of them some of them are hiding in there

massls1guy

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Did you take off the plastic covers where the bell housing meets the block, there might be a bolt hiding back there. And don't forget the long bolts that are near the back of the oil pan on the bottom.

chpmnsws6

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Shouldn't need to lower the pan any. Go to sears and get there micro wrench set

Where abouts are you located?

wilwhite2kss

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I had this same problem about a week or so ago. They kept asking me if i forgot any bolts, and i said no no no. It was a bolt holding holding it in. The one next to the oil filter. The gasket will not hold it in place, it should fall if you loosened all the bolts. check it again.

dreamls1

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Thanks Guys, it was dark last night so i might have missed a bolt or 2. I am going to start working on it here in about 20min so i hope thats all it is, a missed bolt.

dreamls1

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does it matter if the car is jacked up? will the Kmember get in the way?

massls1guy

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I did it with the car on jack stands. No problem with the K member here. You just need to drop it enough to get at the pickup bolt. I wrapped a wire around the base of the pickup bolt to make sure I didn't drop it.

wilwhite2kss

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yea, what he said. you should only have to drop the pan about 1 to 1.5 inches.

Turbo.TransAM

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x2.

alot of sneaky bolts on the oil pan

dreamls1

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Got it, i didnt know it was so hard to change a oil pump. I could have put 5 cams in as long as it took me to install the oil pump.