Happy new year I punched a hole in the oil pan
01/02/2019
Everything was going great. Installed the oil pressure gauge. Pulled the distributor. Filled the bottom end with oil. Filled the oil filter and put that on. No leaks. Used a quarter inch socket and extension on the oil pump. Made 55 lbs with a weak drill and oil came all the way to the top out each rocker. Great! Then I see the little puddle of fresh oil, not big, but enough for me to notice. Then I see the bolt shaped dimple in the bottom corner of the oil pan, and its leaking! @$#&*?@×÷5@!!!! No way I would have seen that before I torqued down the pan.
I clearanced the pick-up but not the pump and a high volume pump requires and deeper much more expensive oil pan according to melling.
So now my choices order new pan or cleanance and weld this one or get a new regular volume pump.
Everything was going great. Installed the oil pressure gauge. Pulled the distributor. Filled the bottom end with oil. Filled the oil filter and put that on. No leaks. Used a quarter inch socket and extension on the oil pump. Made 55 lbs with a weak drill and oil came all the way to the top out each rocker. Great! Then I see the little puddle of fresh oil, not big, but enough for me to notice. Then I see the bolt shaped dimple in the bottom corner of the oil pan, and its leaking! @$#&*?@×÷5@!!!! No way I would have seen that before I torqued down the pan.
I clearanced the pick-up but not the pump and a high volume pump requires and deeper much more expensive oil pan according to melling.
So now my choices order new pan or cleanance and weld this one or get a new regular volume pump.
