Z28Camaro30Ann

iTrader: (15)

Ok, I know the oil pan is a pain to remove on an LT1. I know you have to lift the motor. I have to remove my oil pan and install a new one but I want to make it as fast and painless as possible to get her back on the road. So here is my question:

Has anyone pulled the pan without pulling the engine and tranny from the car? Possible? What is the bare minimum I can get away with to remove the stock oil pan, and replace it with a Moroso?

I know this is probably a stupid question, but I want my car back asap!

TwoFast4Lv

iTrader: (8)

Actually we just hang the engine with a FWD support over the strutt towers and drop the K-member. Did the last one in just under two hours

96z28_lt1

iTrader: (3)

i would agree on dropping k member fully and lifting engine... had engine lifted and k member dropped as much as it could go without taking the bolts fully out and still couldn't get the pan out so i just put the new gasket on like that and went on my marry way...

BOLO

iTrader: (40)

You should be able to remove the oil pan by just unbolting one of the motor mounts from the kmember and raising the motor with a cherry picker just enough clearance for the pan to come off.

Badazz 97 TA

iTrader: (18)

Ubolt bolt both motor mounts and lift engine with cherry picker.

warriorcustoms

iTrader: (10)

did it in an 84 Z28 once Kind of a pain but itll work Just unbolt both motor mount bolts & jack up or cherry picker the motor as high as itll go Pull your old one off & clean the surfaces really well & install the new pan with black rtv on all 4 corners Let that set up before you fire it back up Might take awhile so dont get too frustrated lol

flyinZ

iTrader: (15)

I've always wanted to upgrade my oil pan, but I wasn't sure if there was another way to go about it, other than dropping the k-member. Im glad I found this thread.

SS RRR

iTrader: (2)

Not with a M6 bellhousing.

Z28Camaro30Ann

iTrader: (15)

That is what I thought but I didn't want to sound like a moron...I barely have room to fit wires between the bellhousing and the undercarriage, much less lift the motor...

I will be supporting the motor with a picker and dropping the k-member.

joelster

It depends on your new pan and how your pickup fits into it. On my Milodon pan, I had to twist the pan on at a funky angle so the pickup would slide underneath the windage tray. There's no way I would be able to do it with the engine in the car only raised a few inches. In my case it would have to come out, or the k-member all the way down.