Help... Dropped a wrench in the oil pan. 98 Z
01-06-2008 | 02:16 PM
#22
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From: College Station/La Porte, TX
Damn good luck with that! During my header install I dropped a wrench in between the motor mount and k-member somewhere(dont remember exactly), i just gave up and left it there...
01-07-2008 | 12:00 PM
#24
Try a magnet....a flex one to fish around with and perhaps one to use on the outside of the pan which may help you drag the wrech up the side of the pan, allowing you to snag it with pliers, magnet, or fingers....
Good luck.
PS, it really isn't the end of the world, you could have dropped a lifter lolol...
Erik
Good luck.
PS, it really isn't the end of the world, you could have dropped a lifter lolol...
Erik
~cole~ 
01-07-2008 | 04:59 PM
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01-07-2008 | 08:24 PM
#30
Forgive my ignorance, but I've never done any work on my LS1.
How do you change the oil pump without either removing the pan, or moving it far enough out of the way that the wrench would be easily gotten with your hand?
How do you change the oil pump without either removing the pan, or moving it far enough out of the way that the wrench would be easily gotten with your hand?
01-07-2008 | 08:45 PM
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Many years ago I was helping a friend do a cam swap in his IROC and he dropped a keyway into the oil pan. We tried for hours to find it with no luck. About a year later we pulled the motor and found the keyway in the bottom of the oil pan. Good luck, I remember how aggravating it was when we could not find that keyway.
01-10-2008 | 12:46 AM
#32
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You "ONLY" have to take off the belts, water pump, harmonic balancer, radiator and drop the oil pan (it only goes down about an inch or so) so you can unbolt the pickup tube. Oh, and take out the starter in my case to jam the flexplate to break loose the harmonic balance bolt which is on there with some extreme torque. lol pain in the ***.
Oh but hey, now that it's all said and done, I finally have the oil pressure that the car should have... Feel much better about my 120k mile LS1 now.
01-10-2008 | 05:36 AM
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01-10-2008 | 09:30 AM
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01-14-2008 | 03:09 PM
#37
Interesting story, when I had my mustang me and my friend were putting the engine back in after it had been built. My friend was chaining the hoist down and a washer slipped out of his hand and down through the intake port and into the cylinder. Eventually we took two zip ties and tied them together and put a magnet on the end of it, worked but it took a while. Good luck!
