Andrrrew
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The car: 1972 Satellite Wagon.
The motor: 1976 360 with unidentified oil pan. Sump is towards the front.
The complication: The engine is far away from here. We need to be sure it'll actually fit, but we don't have any way to compare directly... and we're pretty sure the new oil pan isn't going to fill space the same way the old one did.
The way things are now: Satellite's got a '75 360 in it. I'm pretty sure it's out of an A-body originally. When the motor goes, it's taking the oil pan with it. There's currently about 3" of clearance between the front of the oil pan sump and the K-frame at the tightest spot. The sump on the new oil pan is about 1.5" forward of the sump on the one that's in the car now. If we're lucky, it'll fit with about 1.5" of clearance. If we're not lucky & it doesn't fit, we're kinda screwed. That's an outcome we seek to avoid.
The question: I know truck oil pans absolutely WILL NOT WORK on a passenger car, but I don't know why. Is it possible the new engine has a truck oil pan, or are they a completely different animal than the passenger car pan? Are all passenger car oil pans interchangeable?
I've had a heck of a time finding anything convincing or coherent on the internet so far. Too many variables, not enough solid evidence.
The motor: 1976 360 with unidentified oil pan. Sump is towards the front.
The complication: The engine is far away from here. We need to be sure it'll actually fit, but we don't have any way to compare directly... and we're pretty sure the new oil pan isn't going to fill space the same way the old one did.
The way things are now: Satellite's got a '75 360 in it. I'm pretty sure it's out of an A-body originally. When the motor goes, it's taking the oil pan with it. There's currently about 3" of clearance between the front of the oil pan sump and the K-frame at the tightest spot. The sump on the new oil pan is about 1.5" forward of the sump on the one that's in the car now. If we're lucky, it'll fit with about 1.5" of clearance. If we're not lucky & it doesn't fit, we're kinda screwed. That's an outcome we seek to avoid.
The question: I know truck oil pans absolutely WILL NOT WORK on a passenger car, but I don't know why. Is it possible the new engine has a truck oil pan, or are they a completely different animal than the passenger car pan? Are all passenger car oil pans interchangeable?
I've had a heck of a time finding anything convincing or coherent on the internet so far. Too many variables, not enough solid evidence.
