Oil Pan Removal!
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Oil Pan Removal! 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!
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!
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...
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.
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
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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.
I will be supporting the motor with a picker and dropping the k-member.
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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.
