Re: Engine Rebuild

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/5/29 8:01:46

Gary, you can certainly drop the oil pan with the engine in the car. It's close quarters over the front crossmember and you may have to put a jack under the vibration damper and lift a bit to relieve the engine weight on the mounts to get at several of the forward bolts, and thin fingers certainly help! Once the pan is loose, you may have to rotate the crankshaft a bit for the pan to clear the counterweights.

Your oil pressure sounds reasonable enough, any idea what kind of mileage is on the engine and what kind of care it received over the years?