Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
That's silly, motorcycles don't have oil pans.
One way of checking out the internals of an old engine is to pop the valve covers and drop the oil pan. Pulling the valve covers also allows me to make sure the covers aren't warped and to replace the valve cover gasket, which frequently stops most of the top-end oil leaks.
I said, "old engines," which rules out the vehicles I bought new, with one germane exception -- the 1977 Dodge B200 van. I just had to put a chrome oil pan on it. (It was my first new vehicle, I was 22 years old, newly married DINK, with a part time job.) I replaced it with the engine still in the vehicle, in a process that involved an engine hoist and a lot of contortions.
That's silly, motorcycles don't have oil pans.
One way of checking out the internals of an old engine is to pop the valve covers and drop the oil pan. Pulling the valve covers also allows me to make sure the covers aren't warped and to replace the valve cover gasket, which frequently stops most of the top-end oil leaks.
I said, "old engines," which rules out the vehicles I bought new, with one germane exception -- the 1977 Dodge B200 van. I just had to put a chrome oil pan on it. (It was my first new vehicle, I was 22 years old, newly married DINK, with a part time job.) I replaced it with the engine still in the vehicle, in a process that involved an engine hoist and a lot of contortions.
Silly ? .. then why did you list all those vehicles on the topic of oil pans ? .. !!
And you STILL did not answer the question.
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Leeann wrote:
I had a hell of a time finding the ones I did - and none of them were on the manufacturers' sites...
I had a hell of a time finding the ones I did - and none of them were on the manufacturers' sites...
Understandable. Maybe we can work on getting permission to post scans.
1970 Explorer Class A on a 1969 Dodge M300 chassis with 318 cu. in. (split year)
1972 Executive Class A on a Dodge M375 chassis with 413 cu. in.
1973 Explorer Class A on a Dodge RM350 (R4) chassis with 318 engine & tranny from 1970 Explorer Class A
Brady
nodakotaclassc wrote:
I went over and took a look at the oil pan on the dodge, it didn't look like something I was going to dig into this weekend. I did pick up a plug at the auto parts store that is called a D.O. (double oversized). You are supposed to be able to just thread it right in without drilling. It was $3 so I bought it, but I am wondering if anyone has tried this before.
Brady
I went over and took a look at the oil pan on the dodge, it didn't look like something I was going to dig into this weekend. I did pick up a plug at the auto parts store that is called a D.O. (double oversized). You are supposed to be able to just thread it right in without drilling. It was $3 so I bought it, but I am wondering if anyone has tried this before.
Brady
A first-timer will have more like a whole WEEK ... into that job !!
I have never used one of those "D.O." plugs myself ... but I have heard other people having success with them.
Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
That's silly, motorcycles don't have oil pans.
That's silly, motorcycles don't have oil pans.
I am on my 11th MC (not counting 2 quads) and some of them have had oil leaks of such proportions that you simply hook up an oil IV to deliver straight to the heads.
This is called "re-cycling."
Ha. ha ha.
Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
One way of checking out the internals of an old engine is to pop the valve covers and drop the oil pan. Pulling the valve covers also allows me to make sure the covers aren't warped and to replace the valve cover gasket, which frequently stops most of the top-end oil leaks.
One way of checking out the internals of an old engine is to pop the valve covers and drop the oil pan. Pulling the valve covers also allows me to make sure the covers aren't warped and to replace the valve cover gasket, which frequently stops most of the top-end oil leaks.
Yep, this is what my father always did.
He was a smart guy and a trained machinist who was a USN MMI. Put another way, the Navy was smart enough to let him on the team who worked on their jet protoype in WWII.
Before that, he ran their Corsairs out of Jacksonville.
Always, I ask myself "now how did Dad do this?"
And Dad pulled the oil pan everytime.
nodakotaclassc wrote:
Did pick up a plug at the auto parts store that is called a D.O. (double oversized). You are supposed to be able to just thread it right in without drilling. It was $3 so I bought it, but I am wondering if anyone has tried this before.
Brady
Did pick up a plug at the auto parts store that is called a D.O. (double oversized). You are supposed to be able to just thread it right in without drilling. It was $3 so I bought it, but I am wondering if anyone has tried this before.
Brady
NAPA has a thing called a "strip-out plug," same thing you are talking about.
I guess this is fairly common and these things are supposed to work real well (thus saieth my buddy Bob).
If (when) the oil pan bolts themselves go, make sure you get the replacement with the brass. The brass expands to make a tight fit.
Trish Davis wrote:
I am on my 11th MC (not counting 2 quads) and some of them have had oil leaks of such proportions that you simply hook up an oil IV to deliver straight to the heads.
This is called "re-cycling."
Ha. ha ha.
I am on my 11th MC (not counting 2 quads) and some of them have had oil leaks of such proportions that you simply hook up an oil IV to deliver straight to the heads.
This is called "re-cycling."
Ha. ha ha.
Ahhh! The old dreaded HD "Total Loss" oil system with the "make-up" oil tank on the right (or was it left?). Between those and the dry clutch you have a "real good" piece of engineering.
See some old "Rat" bikes around here still with the exposed clutch too.
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Kendas wrote:
Ahhh! The old dreaded HD "Total Loss" oil system with the "make-up" oil tank on the right (or was it left?). Between those and the dry clutch you have a "real good" piece of engineering.
See some old "Rat" bikes around here still with the exposed clutch too.
Ahhh! The old dreaded HD "Total Loss" oil system with the "make-up" oil tank on the right (or was it left?). Between those and the dry clutch you have a "real good" piece of engineering.
See some old "Rat" bikes around here still with the exposed clutch too.
And the amazing thing is that most of those old leakers are still running.
'74 Super Glide, the "make up tank" was on the right.
'77 Low Rider, it was on the left.
Both 74ci Shovels, go figure.
Heavy duty oil pressure pumps took care of it, but what a mess!
AMF couldn't make a decent basketball, whatnhell did they think trying to build a motorcycle?
My Travco, however, doesn't leak oil at all.
Yay, Dodge.
I wish I could say the same about my Tioga not leaking... Doesn't leak much (couple of drips a month), but it is annoying. Real pain in the tail getting to all the pan bolts on the MB400 cutaway chassis from what I can see.
Other than that 440 runs great after I got it running on all 8... PO missed the #3 plug with the wire when he changed the plugs and wires just before They gave it to me.
Ken