Possible to drop oil pan on a hemi in an e body?
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03/15/13 10:03 PM
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KillerCuda
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hey folks! so, i am wondering, has anyone dropped the oil pan off a hemi engine while in the car, in a E body with factory k-member? i am still chasing a rear main leak, and before puling it all apart for the THIRD time, i was contemplating trying to get a peek at things without tearing everything down again, engine still in car. i have a 4 post lift, jacking stands, etc, so it could be done up in the air as well for ease of working on things. i would love to hear your input, this is my first mopar, and i have never tried it before, so i thought i would ask here first. (tried the search feature, but i always have a hard time getting results, no matter how few or specific of words i use)
thank you all in advance!
D
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Re: Possible to drop oil pan on a hemi in an e body?
[Re: KillerCuda]
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03/15/13 10:42 PM
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Bend,OR USA
Cab_Burge
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Drop the centerlink and one side or the other, pitman arm or idler arm so you can slide the center link out of the way and take the pan off, I did it many times that way back in the 1970 running my 1970 hemi Cuda 4 speed car  You can to 
Last edited by Cab_Burge; 03/16/13 02:41 AM.
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Re: Possible to drop oil pan on a hemi in an e body?
[Re: KillerCuda]
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03/15/13 11:09 PM
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hey folks! so, i am wondering, has anyone dropped the oil pan off a hemi engine while in the car, in a E body with factory k-member? i am still chasing a rear main leak, and before puling it all apart for the THIRD time, i was contemplating trying to get a peek at things without tearing everything down again, engine still in car. i have a 4 post lift, jacking stands, etc, so it could be done up in the air as well for ease of working on things. i would love to hear your input, this is my first mopar, and i have never tried it before, so i thought i would ask here first. (tried the search feature, but i always have a hard time getting results, no matter how few or specific of words i use)
thank you all in advance!
D
It will come out.
Just seperate the pitman and idler arms from the center link and pull the steering linkage down.
MB
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Re: Possible to drop oil pan on a hemi in an e body?
[Re: HPMike]
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03/16/13 10:44 AM
03/16/13 10:44 AM
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DaveRS23
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Getting it apart is not too hard, the hints above will help. But getting the pan, windage tray and two gaskets up and around the pick-up and K is a bit of a challenge.
A little trick that helps is to strip the individual wires out of an 1 1/2 or so of some 10 or 12 guage wire and use them to hold the sandwich of the pan, gaskets and tray together as you thread them up into place.
Twist a strand of wire through a bolt hole to hold it all together. Do that on 5 or 6 holes and it will go up as an assembly and let you get the bolts started. You can leave the wires in place, they won't hurt a thing.
IHTH
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