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Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/15/13 07:47 PM
06/15/13 07:47 PM
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I pulled the oil pan today to fix 2 small oil leaks.. when it came down it fell out of my hand and hit the the floor(car was on the hoist) but no big deal... then I noticed my flapper door was all bent up.. looking at it closer I seen that it had flipped up and had been hitting the crank... I didnt think it would flip vertical but it did when it was in the car... I'm gonna change oil pumps just in case it caused any pump issues... I pulled 2 rod caps and 2 mains and everything was fine 
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/15/13 10:30 PM
06/15/13 10:30 PM
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Good move ... but just curious ... how well do you have the doors sealing?
They are just metal on metal doors... I dont want
them to seal I'm just slowing up the oil movement
on decell... it has a gap around the pick up tube
that will let oil by it sorta slowly... the doors open
on acceleration allowing oil to the rear where the
pick up is... with a baffle across the top to help
keep it off the seal and the crank
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/16/13 02:18 PM
06/16/13 02:18 PM
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I added a stopper for the door so it cant flip up... added a new oil pump for the "just in case" and put a rear main seal in it for the "just in case"... in a little while I'll go out and put the pan on... its all cleaned up and ready to go on
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/16/13 10:07 PM
06/16/13 10:07 PM
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Good move ... but just curious ... how well do you have the doors sealing?
They are just metal on metal doors... I dont want
them to seal I'm just slowing up the oil movement
on decell... it has a gap around the pick up tube
that will let oil by it sorta slowly... the doors open
on acceleration allowing oil to the rear where the
pick up is... with a baffle across the top to help
keep it off the seal and the crank
I ask this because my boat pan has two doors that really don't seal all that well. PROBABLY one of the reasons why the guy who owned this before me FRIED two motors in it ... 
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/16/13 11:59 PM
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So Mike will you have the car out on the streets this week to do some testing?
If the pan is sealed up then yes I should be putting
some miles on it... I put the belts in yesterday
but I still need to bolt the seats in.. thats only
a few minutes
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/17/13 09:20 AM
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this is one of those posts that will stick in my mind. good catch 
Its a pan that I built but I never figured about the
door flipping up vertical and hitting the crank..
I sorta figured it would go 90* and that would be
it... glad I pulled it for the small oil leak
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/18/13 03:22 PM
06/18/13 03:22 PM
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Well my fix on the pipe nipple didnt fix the leak.. I'm gonna pull the remote fittings off the block and see if I can put it back to standard... now I have to find one of the oil filter plates... Mancini doesnt carry them (obsolete).. I might have to make one if I cant find one EDIT This engine HATES me... I was running it to see if the leak was fixed.. I had it running about 1/2 hour then I lowered it down and was looking at the top side to make sure where the leak was.. when the upper radiator hose blew off and covered me and the wall of the shop... I wonder why I do this sh17... I should pull this engine and put a stock 318 in it... rant off
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/20/13 12:11 AM
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I re-did the pipe nipple coming out of the block... I took my calipers to the hardware store and got the 3 largest brass ones they had... it went in much tighter than what I had in it... even with teflon tape... I pulled the pan and the header just for more room to get this damn leak fixed... I'll put the pan back on tomorrow... the header is already back on... at least the pan is easy to get on and off... about 10 minutes.. tomorrow will tell the tale EDIT the old steel nipple would bottom out at the end of the threads before it would get tight... this one is much tighter
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/20/13 09:49 AM
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Why the heck did it blow off the upper hose?!?
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/20/13 09:54 AM
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Why the heck did it blow off the upper hose?!?
I thought it was tight... but it wasnt.. the end
of the clamp was hitting the fancy housing so the
screw quit turning making me think it was tight..
oh well... but when I put it back on I gave it a good
pull to make sure
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/20/13 11:42 AM
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Good. I was thinking if it was making that much pressure in the cooling system, you have bigger probs than a small oil pan leak!
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Drag Week 2012 - 2nd place SRBB N/A
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Re: Sure Am Glad I Pulled The Pan
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06/21/13 12:57 PM
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I got the oil leak fixed it looks like... but I still need to jet this thing down.. still fat and the plugs are all loaded up with oil... I'm gonna pick up another set of plugs today and start fresh... it has 7"-8" of vac at idle in gear so the PV should be close.. sure hope it doesnt have a oil issue.. the pipes are still coated with oil(inside)... been trying to run it long enough to burn it out but I need to run it harder to clean them out... I dont see any oil when its idling... I tried the OD today for the first time.. I sure like that
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