oil pan rotting?

[chittybangbang]

Too bad it's an older-than-dirt saying about VW Beetles.

and anything British.

 

[tpking]

ive changed the oil pan gasket / oil pan and rear main seal on a 4x4 99 3.0 without taking the motor out

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

ive changed the oil pan gasket / oil pan and rear main seal on a 4x4 99 3.0 without taking the motor out

The newer trucks without the TTB front suspension is a different animal. They don't require the huge crossmember that holds both the front suspension and the engine in place.

 

[swamprat]

Show me a 4.0 with a steel oil pan.......ANY 4.0 with a steel pan, regardless of which tranny.......

I bought the truck and pulled the motor to swap into a BII. The truck had a Ford blue steel oil pan on it. I had a pic of it as I was pulling it but that comp crashed. I never got to instal that engine into the BII and sold it. I kept the starter for some reason. Last year I bought a 93 explorer and pulled the engine and dropped it into the BII. When I went to install the starter from the first motor I had it wouldnt fit. It hit on the aluminum oil pan. I got a smaller one from a buddy. The oil pan on the ranger I bought could have been after market but when I bought a new sarter last fall there where 4 to choose from at advance (two auto, two manual) only one fit my engine.

 

[fastpakr]

Definitely a swapped pan.

 

[JamesC]

I've seen alot of ford oil pans rust and start to leak. At work we usually just clean off the rust the JB weld it all up. Last one we did was an F450 diesel not much fun but easier then pulling the engine.

 

[Mutant Pony]

The only 4.0 I personally have ever owned had a bad leak at the rear intake end seal. It ran down around the bellhousing which made it look like a main seal leak.

 

[Skid Vicious]

Well, got the truck back. They said the valve covers were rusting thru and had to weld a piece of metal on it to stop the leak. They also said that my cab body mounts need to be replaced and the leaf spring bracket in the rear was shot. lookin at about 700 to 1000 to fix it all up. they weren't able to degrease the engine and look for the real oil leak. and it's fairly major. so i'm kind of bummed right now.

 

[Mutant Pony]

Show me a 4.0 with a steel oil pan.......ANY 4.0 with a steel pan, regardless of which tranny.......

If you haven't seen a steel pan on a Ford 4.0 you are not looking close enough. Many of them have a steel pan from the factory. You just need to look from a different angle.

 

[Mutant Pony]

Well, got the truck back. They said the valve covers were rusting thru and had to weld a piece of metal on it to stop the leak. They also said that my cab body mounts need to be replaced and the leaf spring bracket in the rear was shot. lookin at about 700 to 1000 to fix it all up. they weren't able to degrease the engine and look for the real oil leak. and it's fairly major. so i'm kind of bummed right now.

The truck is getting old. If you could do the work yourself, it would be cheap to own. Paying someone else to do the work gets expensive. You need another opinion though, That is a bit high.

 

[Skid Vicious]

The truck is getting old. If you could do the work yourself, it would be cheap to own. Paying someone else to do the work gets expensive. You need another opinion though, That is a bit high.

this is jersey. everythings a bit high. I called a guy that wouldn't even consider doing an oil pan gasket swap. too much truouble he said.

 

[Mutant Pony]

The shackle mount and cab mounts are pretty easy to change though.
You just have to have a few special tools.
You still need to find out what is leaking, Don't pay some one to change the pan if it isn't leaking.

 

[Skid Vicious]

The shackle mount and cab mounts are pretty easy to change though.
You just have to have a few special tools.
You still need to find out what is leaking, Don't pay some one to change the pan if it isn't leaking.

right. but i don't have those tools. and i don't have the garage to work on it anyway. my main concern is the shackle mount as i don't want the thing to ccome up thru the bed. as far as the oil leak goes, i told them not to change it if it was the pan gasket. We plan to first find out where the leak is coming from using the "usual suspects" list provided by MAKG