I pulled the pan , but to do it as MadMikey said, I had to drop the K member ... process was , use an over the frame/fender rails engine support sitting on the upper shock towers with small pcs of plywood to protect the paint , put a bit of pull on the adjustment hangers to keep it in its original position, undid the engine horizontal bolts , put a tranny jack under the K member , undid the eight 6 point K member bolts , the steering stem bolt for the slider section , the steering cooler lines hold down clamp screws just to let it all float so no strain on them , the bottom bolts on the struts and I think that was it to be able to slowly drop the K member down .. it took quite a bit of drop , guessing 5+ inches as I didn't lift the engine up from its normal position ... just something to be mindful of is the lines , brake , steering etc .. also undid the ground strap that runs to the passenger side of the block to the K member and the starting point was no fan / shroud and air pump , that stuff was already off.
If I can think of anything else I will post it later.
For a bit of a reference now having gone threw the process it should take under 1.5 hours using a hoist and taking your time to get the pan out ... and guessing a bit more to put it all back in .
I will try to post some pics on the process .