so everyone i dont know if some one has posted this yet but i found a fast easy way to take off that oil pan. all you have to do is lift the engine like 2-3 inches and the oil pan will just come out fine. you might have to move it around but its alot faster than dropping the front diff or taking the engine out.

 

bump. this is good to know

 

so, unbolt the motor mounts and lift up? lol

 

Do the motor mounts flex enough...I can't imagine that. I've never unbolted my motor mounts, how long does that take? Anything else to disconnect? Fan shroud, rad?

 

yeah, kinda lol...
I think it'd be easier to drop 50 pounds than lift 400
particularly without unbolting the motor mounts

 

^Can use a bottle or floor jack with a 2x4 to lift the engine at the bellhousing. Done it both ways back on ST1, and unbolting the engine mounts is a helluva lot less time consuming than dropping the front diff.

Or just lift it, then no more problemo.

 

oh I forgot, I've got a 4" lift so the oil pan just slides out... like
...
... nevermind.

 

That front diff assembly weights more than 50lbs. I wish it were 50#.

 

Way to be a smarta$$ abe,
Hope your doin ok though, i tried calling you to no avail.

 

Scuba, didn't you used to live in SAtown?

 

I did that last time I did a timing chain job on mine. I have a body lift on the truck though and without that it wouldn't have worked for me at least.

After removing the diff though and seeing how easy it is, next time I'll just do that.

 

When I did my T-chain I just removed the idler arm and lowered the steering linkage. This allowed me to drop the pan enough to grab all the broken guide pieces that fell in the pan.

 

It all depends on which vechicle and engine. You didn't say.... SFA? 22r ? IFS ? they each have their best methods... on my IFS first gen with 22re, its almost impossible to get the pan out unless you remove the front diff... its not THAT hard, and makes it easier to do a good job on your engine work. SFA? Usually there's nothing in your way to hamper dropping the pan.

 

The absolute FASTEST way to remove your oil pan is to hit this about 70 miles per hour:

 

It will also help you pull out those hard to yank suspnesion parts, quick!

 

Very true. Don't have a cutting torch and trying to remove all the ifs components for a SAS? Never fear, the ol' stumparoo method will cure what ails ya!

 

lol ya just lift it out it takes like 5 min to do the hole thing

 

It would also be good to know what vehicle and engine combo.

 

I would amagine the 3.0 I dont think the 22re has this issue



IF it came down to removing 4 motor mount bolts or the entire IFS... Ill take the 4 bolts. way to easy!

 

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