Re: Here is what happened today. What would you do next?

Posted by PackardV8 On 2011/8/30 21:38:58

Yes, the FRONT 2 or 3 bolts of the oil pan are very difficult to remove. I use a 1/4 inch drive socket set and various extensions/u-joints etc. I've removed oil pans on 3hree different Packards (56's) and have always had to remove lower bellhousing half.

The left exhaust pipe i have always had to remove completely too. However i can imagine that perhaps on some cars in left exh pipe was fabricated by a muffler shop in some way that it mite only need to be disconnected and pushed over out of the way.

I have also had problems removing lower bell housing half to the extent that it fit extremely tite on the dowels and had to use a slidehammer to get it off.

If it wasn't for the left exhaust pipe the job would be fairly ez. A tite bellhousing adds to difficulty and the very front oil pan bolts add more aggrevation to it.