Dropping the pan may work, even if you cant pull out the pan, you may be
able to drop it down far enough to get your hand or a magnet in there.
Mark Kuzia
flyboy01@mediaone.net
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph
~360ci, 5-spd, 4.11 LS (8 3/4 [3.90 SG] coming soon)
1994 Dakota 15.36 @ 91.56 mph
~318ci, 5-spd, 3.90 LS (bone stock, no mods)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wisotzkey, Rich" <Rich.Wisotzkey@gd-wts.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: DML: RE: dropped a lifter into oil pan
> John,
> Unless your crossmember bolts in and can be removed, DON'T TRY to drop
> you're oil pan. It won't come off the way the service manual tells you it
> will. Trust me, I've been there. If your crossmember is welded in, you
> have to pull the engine to remove the pan. I had everything removed from
> the underside of the engine too. Exhaust, starter, steering assembly,
stone
> shield on the face of the transmission. Nothing helped.
>
> I've tried every way possible to get it out even with the assistance of a
> FSM. Even spoke to the service techs down at the local dealerships. They
> all told me how to take it out just like the FSM tells you. Yeah sure!
> Well after I couldn't get the pan off, I took it in to them. Guess what?
> They couldn't get it off either. Not without pulling the engine.
>
> I was lucky. I only needed to replace the oil pan gasket. They wound up
> worming a new gasket up around the pan to get it into place. But if the
pan
> would need to come off for whatever reason, the engine has to come out.
>
> Try to reach it with a magnet or something.
> Good-luck,
> Rich - Ashburn, VA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pukeloser@aol.com [mailto:Pukeloser@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:52 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: dropped a lifter into oil pan
>
>
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I'm doing this cam project and I dropped a lifter into the oil pan, it
was
> the lifter on the drivers side closest to the firewall. It was sticking
and
> wouldn't push up so I pushed it down and tried to catch it but it slipped
> out
> of my fingers (must have been covered in oil or something heh eh)
>
> Anyway does anyone know if I can drop the oil pan far enough to reach in
> and get it or do I have to remove it? Because (according to the FSM) I
have
> to unbolt the motor mounts and jack up the motor to remove the pan
> completely
> and I don't want to have to do that. My friend Becca is going to help me
on
> monday and she has much narrower arms than I do (but much better breasts
and
>
> butt, sorry if that offends anyone but it is a compliment after all).
>
> John S
>
> 95 cc 318 auto, transgo shift kit, HE stage II TB and intake, HE 1418 cam,
> 1.6 Roller rockers, MSD digi6+, MSD HVC coil & 8.5 wires, Hp cap + rotor,
MP
>
> PCM, DT headers, Gibson exhaust (3" from headers back, no cat), 180 stat,
> autolite 3923's, progear DR timing chain, 24# FMS injectors, auburn LSD,
> 4.10
> gears, superior axles, K&N X-stream filter system, MP valve covers
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