My yacht is no longer seaworthy!

[luxuryrules]

So, my 96 has decided that it really doesn't want to hold oil in the pan any longer, and has instead started to leave it all over my driveway, as well as all the parking spaces I've inhabited in the last few days.

I've been seeing this oil pan gasket slowly getting worse over the last few months, with just a bit of seepage steadily creeping further each time I'm down there. I guess now it's time I stop putting this off.

So the thing I want to know is, what is the preferred method of doing this? Can I/should I disconnect the engine mounts and slightly lift the engine? Or is this a drop-the-K-member job?

 

[LaserSVT]

Get something to hold the engine up (like a cherry picker) and dissconect the engine mounts then drop the k-member.

Once I saw a guy do it with the car on a rack and he dissconected the mounts and used a jack on the crank spout to tilt the engine up and he was just able to get out the old gasket and slide in a new one. Took many hours and he never stopped swearing.

 

[ford nut]

drop-the-K-member
do a search I know there are complete threads with Pics.

 

[LaserSVT]

ford nut gets money put in his Pay Pal account every time someone uses the "search" function.

 

[BAD97LSC]

how do i search on how to use the search lmfao?

 

[chicken]

drop the k.... i had the old pan in my hands in 30 minutes (note: results my vary, i have a hoist at work )

 

[BAD97LSC]

chicken bring your car down here i'll have your whole motor out in 30 minutes and i have a sawzall!

 

[luxuryrules]

chicken bring your car down here i'll have your whole motor out in 30 minutes and i have a sawzall!

Lol I'll let you borrow my Sawzall and you'll get it out even quicker!

http://www.milwaukeetool.com/Produc...1&CategoryName=SC:Sawzall®+Reciprocating+Saws

That is the biggest, baddest, meanest recip saw on the planet. I even had guys cutting rebar with it.

 

[kustomizingkid]

I broke my sawzall

 

[luxuryrules]

drop-the-K-member
do a search I know there are complete threads with Pics.

Fooking hell. Hadn't even thought to try that first, actually.

Looks like I'll be doing the front sway bar while I'm in there Addco 726 look to be the way to go, correct?

Oil filter adapter gasket was done long ago on this car, and I am not spending $840 for a set of headers, is there anything else worth doing while everything's apart?

 

[Roadboss]

Motor mounts if yours are shot

 

[ford nut]

Well I like you luxuryrules so here ya go.

Clicky Clicky
If it was me I would do the o2 sensors and Idle Air Control Valve.

 

[luxuryrules]

Yep I found that link. Thank you sir!

Motor mounts, check. After 195k I'm going to do them whether they needs it or not.

 

[ford nut]

How bout this one

Clicky

 

[luxuryrules]

Actually, I was looking at doing that while it was down. Good read, thanks!

I was going to sand down the rusty spot and hit it with primer & undercoating, but I suppose I might as well do it right.

Does anybody know, are there Kmember bushings or anything to that effect that I should have on hand when I drop it?

 

[JMiles_T]

Does anybody know, are there Kmember bushings or anything to that effect [...] ?

There aren't.

 

[kustomizingkid]

Just 8 bolts...