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Offline pedigo78

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454 oil pan Gasket.
« on: May 03, 2011, 07:09:39 pm »
I have a 85 K20 that was orginally a C10. It has a 454 in it know and the front lip seals has a small leak. I got a new preformed gasket and I noticed that I will not be able to pull the pan with the cross member there. So should I remove the cross memeber, or just lift the engine? I feel like removing the cross memeber would be the ez way to do it.
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 07:40:45 pm »
doesnt the crossmember hold the motor mounts?
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2011, 10:30:59 pm »
I'm in the process of putting a 427 (which is a 454 block) where a 350 came out of and there is plenty of room to take the oil pan and gasket off.  Not quite sure what you are working with.  Any pics?
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2011, 12:49:51 pm »
You can get at it by easing the engine up, careful of the distributor. Dont take the xmember out.
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2011, 02:13:16 pm »
take the cap off your dizzy, or pull it out completely just to be sure, IMO.
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2011, 06:01:30 pm »
OK, thanks for all the input. By the way what is a dizzy?
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2011, 06:08:46 pm »
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2011, 06:17:51 pm »


As far as removing the crossmember, isn't your riveted on? Not impossible to remove but it would require some grinding or torches. I would not go that route.
Keep in mind that if your truck did not come from the factory with a BB it may still have the SB motor mounts in it. I believe this would place your oil pan a little closer to the crossmember than if you have the BB motor mounts.
If this is a truck you plan on keeping I would think about pulling the motor and replacing all the oil related gaskets (including the rear main seal and the timing chain cover seal/gasket).
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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2011, 06:32:16 pm »
You do not need to lift the engine up unless your engine mounts are toast.

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Re: 454 oil pan Gasket.
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2011, 07:03:38 pm »
How can I tell what mounts I have?
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