Oil pan swap in situ

carl

carl

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Helping a buddy swap out his oil pan for one without a stripped drain plug hole. Car will be on a lift. Can the pan be removed/installed with the cross member in place or does it need to be removed?
 
carl said:
Helping a buddy swap out his oil pan for one without a stripped drain plug hole. Car will be on a lift. Can the pan be removed/installed with the cross member in place or does it need to be removed?
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I had to remove the crossmember to get to the last couple bolts at the back of the oil pan. I spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out a way to get at them with the crossmember in place and had no luck.

Removing the crossmember isn't that bad. Make sure you support the engine/transmission with a support bar or transmission jack.
 
I've never had to remove the cross member. Came out fairly easy the few times I've remove the pan in the car.
 
carl said:
Helping a buddy swap out his oil pan for one without a stripped drain plug hole. Car will be on a lift. Can the pan be removed/installed with the cross member in place or does it need to be removed?
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Use this, works like a champ!
https://www.pepboys.com/product/details/8328823/00020?quantity=1
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You just confirm my lack of faith in people from PA!

I assumed we would have to remove the support, not that big a deal actually.
 
carl said:
You just confirm my lack of faith in people from PA!

I assumed we would have to remove the support, not that big a deal actually.
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I'm not kidding, my car came with one, and it's held up nicely until this past week, when the "wing" part separated from the threaded rod as I was reinstalling it after an oil change. Pep Boys had 'em hanging on the rack in the oil change department, so picked up another and installed. When it was off, I took a close look at the threads on the oil pan, and like many I suppose, the threads looked somewhat abused, which is probably why the car had this type of aftermarket plug in the first place.
 
Did my lower mount today. As I recalled, the two rearward pan bolts are completely obscured by the crossmember. Can't get to them even with a universal socket/extension.
 
You can support the motor/transmission with a jack under the transmission, remove the motor mount, the lift the transmission to open up more room between oil pan and crossmember.

But I think that once you've gone to the trouble of supporting the tranny.... it's just as easy to remove the crossmember.
 
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