Re: Oil pan needed for 360

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I could be wrong, but aren't the Jeep oil pans different, i.e. deeper, than 
the car oil pans?

Ken Ames

Quoting piper_pa20 <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Junkyard pans are literally everywhere out here on the Central Coast thanks 
> to the FSJs with 360s.  If you can't find one near you, let me know.
> 
> Regards,
> Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John McEwen" <moparrr@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:23 PM
> Subject: Oil pan needed for 360
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> > Hello everyone:
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> > Does anyone have a good V8 oil pan that they can part with?  The pan on my
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> > 360 Matador took a major rock hit at some point in time.  When I got the 
> > car on a hoist after hauling it home, I discovered the damage which was 
> > poorly repaired by brazing.  The impact was so severe that the pan was 
> > partly crushed and the bottom four inches of the Torqueflite bell housing 
> > was broken off - exposing the ring gear.
> >
> > The engine leaks a lot of oil when parked which makes me think that not 
> > only is the pan leaking but it is probably distorted at the rear main seal
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> > area which allows oil to leak out into the broken bell housing then onto 
> > the ground when parked.  Engine and tranny both work very well however.
> >
> > I can repair the bell housing by grafting on the bottom cut off a junk 
> > tranny but I don't think that the pan is worth the trouble of repairing it
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> > some more.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
> >
> > John
> > '78 Barcelona Coupe
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