rhanumaiah
Registered User
Any one know how to drop the oil pan in a easy fashion? I have two manuals that basically state you have to drop the sub-frame. I'm not so comfortable with that considering I have a floor jack and some jack stands. The other issue with that is how the heck you do it with out an engine lift of some sort. This whole situation started with a vibration damper and graduated to this. When I pulled the damper off i noticed a indentation on the back side of the vibration damper; I figured the last mechanic put it in a vise prior to installing, considering he used a hmmer to put the damper on. I come to find that the genius @ ford who last did the timming chain cover decided to smash the spring behing the front oil seal. When I removed the damper it fell into the front of the timing cover. I remived the littel bits of metal that was ther with a magnet. I then drained all the oil hoping it would come out, it didn't. I used a magnet to remove the other bits from the oil sump. I just can't get the one peice out. Any body got any ideas on how to resolve this easily ? Even to take off the timing chain cover requires the removal of the oil pan.