Re: mail Digest for 23 Nov 2004 in hour 18:00

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Tom, note that Jeep pans probably won't work. The 258 and 4.0L pans on Jeeps are five quart pans (6 quart changes) but are DEEPER than car pans. Put one in a car and it will hang about an inch below the crossmember. It will fit though. I put a 258 pan on my 4.0L block (in 63 Classic, for those who don't know) because of this. The pan was just to low and prone to hitting things. Knocked a hole in it once when getting it aligned (the shop hit the rack post!), that was enough to prompt me to change it! 

It had a Jeep pan, and the Ripster modified it to clear, didn't
like the result, and was gonna replace with a passenger car pan,
but then changed engines, etc, so now I'll ahve to do that. I
know the Jeep pan won't work.

>From the screaming silence I take it that no one on the list
has put an aftermarket pan (Moroso, etc) on a 258. I'll just
go with a stock passenger car 258 pan.

tomj



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>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> > To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: pans what got oil in 'em fer sixes
> > 
> > So, since I gotta buy an oilpan for a 258, are high-capacity,
> > baffled pans worth it for street use? I'm not racing, and I
> > don't want to lose ground clearance.
> > 
> > Extra oil capacity sounds nice, and no, I haven't checked prices,
> > just thought I'd ask as I have no experience with aftermarket
> > oil pans.
> > 
> > In many chassis there's probably lots of room to go wider to
> > increase capacity. Are there fit issues? Anyone (actually)
> > 
> 
> > done this in a 6 cyl AMC pasenger car?

>