Oil pan removal

no mufflers said:

i see sooo many trucks with cut out cross members to change the oil pan. surely not how i do it.

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Ya, therr is no way I’m going down that road. Would rather just pull engine. Murphy’s law is ever so present in my life.

It's not difficult to do. I managed to do it, just as an experiment when I had an engine on the stand. I was practising for when I had do it on the engine in the vehicle.

I just took a set of needle nose vice-grips and gently clamped it on to the dipstick tube holder part. I then took some haywire and attached it to the vice-grips. That way, even if I dropped it into the oil pan, I could easily retrieve it. The rest was a breeze.

Beware: there are two alignment notches on the piece.



Note which notch it uses, so when you go to put it back together...

If you get it wrong, your dipstick holder tube won't line up with the dipstick tube holder.

I used brake cleaner to clean off the parts, and I like to use a skiff of RTV where the o-ring makes contact. I hate oil leaks, and I hate re-doing stuff.

Good luck!

Pulling the motor is not too bad of a job. I did mine in a gravel driveway at -10. It was my first time so it took me a little while. Ford book time on the job is 15 hrs. Take your time and make sure you clean the pan really well and the block. I had no way of flipping my motor over so I let it hang off the picker all night. I also put some rtv around the dip stick lug to make sure that it wouldn't leak either.

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Coopons said:

Pulling the motor is not too bad of a job. I did mine in a gravel driveway at -10. It was my first time so it took me a little while. Ford book time on the job is 15 hrs. Take your time and make sure you clean the pan really well and the block. I had no way of flipping my motor over so I let it hang off the picker all night. I also put some rtv around the dip stick lug to make sure that it wouldn't leak either.

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My biggest issue is the fact that I’m in the middle of putting my 6.9 back together as well. The wife’s really enjoying 2 trucks that don’t run sitting in the driveway lol

Mine wasn't leaking all that badly, so I sprayed it with this Permatex stuff to get me through the winter. So far so good!

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...matex-spray-sealant-leak-repair/82099/4610271

When I do get around to fixing it, I'll rewatch this video. He uses a M16 cleaning brush, which is for a 5.56mm caliber. I've also heard a lot of guys using a .40 cleaning brush, which is about 10.16mm. I'm not sure which one is better, but probably either will work as long as you're good and careful.