Re: Oil pan needed for 360

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Blair could probably best speak to this.  I
thought they were the same.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA 

--- Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I could be wrong, but aren't the Jeep oil pans
> different, i.e. deeper, than 
> the car oil pans?
> 
> Ken Ames
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> Quoting piper_pa20 <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> > 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
> > 
> > 
> > > Hello everyone:
> > >
> > > 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
> > 
> > > 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
> > 
> > > some more.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
> > >
> > > John
> > > '78 Barcelona Coupe
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