hello all, I’m new to this website. This weekend I started the project to remove my oil pan & replace oil pan gasket( it was leaking) .. I dropped my front diff, removed the shock looking bar, dropped oil pan , had to remove pickup tube in order to pull the pan out.. (the baffle inside pan hits the oil pickup tube) 4 bolts. Anyway I got it all clean, applied ultra black bead around the pan, put it back up carefully without smearing it on anything and then realized my forearm is going to get in the silicone while bolting pickup tube back up, and I tried it as carefully as I can and it just pissed me off so badly I smeared it all over my arm, the back side of the pan where it has to pivot while my arm is in there so I got mad and pulled it back out recleaned it, and I had no idea what that circular baffle tray mounted in my pan was for(thought it was to keep make guides from clogging the screen if u snapped them) so I cut it out and it went back in soooo much easier, but now I’m scared cause I read it keeps the oil calm while I drive around corners so it doesn’t slosh around and cause air to suck in so now it’s just sitting all put back together havnt put oil in it yet, should I get a new pan ?? It’s 55$ on eBay no biggie ...yes I’m new to the oil pan scenario but does anyone have any recommendations on how to do this easier?!! I don’t see how I can make this work unless I use a cork gasket and lay it in place after I bolt the pickup tube up. My nissan Hardbody was a pita but it didn’t have a Windage tray in it! Help pls 😕

Maybe! My new oil pan will be here this week and I’ll disassemble everything and hold it up and bolt pickup back in and see how much clearance I have, I also ordered some permatex right stuff” I shouldn’t have cut the baffle out of the pan surrounding where the pickup tube goes but didn’t realize if it was nessecary or not lol I was angry! I see some people use cork gaskets but my pan has small grooves I guess to hold gasket maker silicone

Yeah I’m glad I can drop the front diff instead of jacking up the motor lol, just didn’t know if anyone was able to get their pan on with pickup already attached!

So guys, I made a video on YouTube just now, and guess what? U can leave ur pickup tube attached!!!