on a '67 Polara 383 without pulling the motor? I need to replace the pan gasket. Can the motor be jacked up enough to do the job? Does the radiator need to come out?
Any help/advice is appreciated.
TIA,
Dallas

I've done it on my charger. I have a Milodon deep sump pan and it wasn't fun.

Being a race car it may not be apples to apples but FWIW my car does still have full factory suspension steering and motor mounts.

You probally need to drop the center link.I unbolt them and swing it up under the K frame.Then I jack the motor up and the pan comes out.A couple of the bolts are a little tough to get to but they can be reached.Check the fan to rad clearance and shrouud if you have one.I usually raise the engine on the pulleys with a block between them.Then just weasel the pan out.Rocky

yes can it be done... need to drop the center link... myself I have done raising the engine on tranny hump with a plywood in between, to not hoist the engine from top ( I don't have the place to raise the engine with hoist )

It probably can be done with the centerlink dropped but that big fat c-body crossmember may make it hard to get to some of the front bolts.

We just put the motor back in my brother's 67 Polara 383 last weekend and it was EASY to pull and re-install. If you can get a hoist it might just be easier to yank it

P.S. Where you at in MO?

he's near ft. leonard wood IIRC


...and yeah, you kind of have to witness a big fat c-body crossmember first-hand to realize that it's really just going to be easier to hoist the damn thing out of there.

Some guys can do it. I've got a deep sump oil pain in my sig car now, and with that deep pickup, there's no way I could hope to get a new gasket in there. If I was to try it, I bet the only thing I could come up with would be to rtv the pan back on.

I have an 8 qt on my 65 with windage tray.I can still get it in and out.I just 3M the gaskets to the tray and then slip the pan in.Its tight but it goes.Rocky

I just got through doing it on my 66 Plymouth Satellite. Drop the Center link if you can. The down side with a C Body is the cross member as it does interfere with getting the pan out. As has been stated, best bet is to raise the engine....

We did a pan swap on a 68' fury and was a real pain. Jacked the car up on stands, unbolted the motor mounts, tranny mounts, lower exaust tubes,center link, then used engine hoist to pull the motor high enough to slip the pan out. It took all day with our big, meaty pans, but it worked great and still hold the seal on the new pan.