Oil pan gasket

gumby5.0 · Mar 4, 2012

I recently replaced both front and rear main seals on my mustang only to find out my oil pan gasket wanted to let me down too:'(. A buddy of mine said that I should just pay a shop to replace it because he did his and says it was a real pain in the ass. Well he did his with the car on jack stands, I have access to a lift. Is it as difficult of a job as he is making it sound?

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g36 monkey · Mar 4, 2012

I couldn't drop my pan without pulling the motor.

Venomized · Mar 4, 2012

You have to pull the motor or K member to pull the pan. I have heard of people just raising the motor and getting the gasket off and putting the new one on but Ive never done it myself. Pulling the motor isnt hard at all if you have any mechanical experience whatsoever.

lutter94 · Mar 4, 2012

I pulled the motor.......

g36 monkey · Mar 4, 2012

I know I wouldn't have had enough room to scrape everything off correctly had the motor not been pulled.

rz5.0 · Mar 4, 2012

Harbor fight has a beam that goes across the shock towers holds the engine in place.. Then you drop the k member..

forcefedhatch · Mar 4, 2012

Pics of said tool??? Hmmm.. K member swaps would be cake then lol

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gumby5.0 · Mar 4, 2012

rz5.0 said:
Harbor fight has a beam that goes across the shock towers holds the engine in place.. Then you drop the k member..

I think I've seen something like this before. I want!

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g36 monkey · Mar 4, 2012

That's pretty cool, see if you can post it up for us. I would definitely like to add that to my collection

OnyxCobra · Mar 4, 2012

rz5.0 said:
Harbor fight has a beam that goes across the shock towers holds the engine in place.. Then you drop the k member..

+1 That's what I'll be using when I do my K member.

rz5.0 · Mar 4, 2012

http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lb-capacity-engine-support-bar-96524.html

MIKE93SVT · Mar 4, 2012

yep, use that tool. knock your spindles loose from the a arms and drop the k member. super easy. just support the k member with a jack while you undo the bolts. then just balance it as a budy lowers the jack

modo · Mar 4, 2012

the problem with the motor in the car is getting a one piece gasket over the oil pump pickup

Addermk2 · Mar 4, 2012

modo said:
the problem with the motor in the car is getting a one piece gasket over the oil pump pickup

I jack the engine up, place 2x4's between the mounts and K-member, drop the pan onto the K-member and unbolt the oil pump pickup tube. Then slide the whole pan out to the rear.

LAFENATU · Mar 7, 2012

Addermk2 said:
I jack the engine up, place 2x4's between the mounts and K-member, drop the pan onto the K-member and unbolt the oil pump pickup tube. Then slide the whole pan out to the rear.

Winner!

This is the best way that I have found, in the end though no matter what, the job is a pain in the fvckin ass.