RE: Crushed the oil pan

From: Chad Evans (hemidak@msn.com)
Date: Mon Jul 10 2006 - 16:30:57 EDT


damn it you ruined my motor. lmao.

>From: Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: Crushed the oil pan
>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:40:33 -0500
>
>
>well....
>
>I crushed the oil pan...
>
>
>I has just finished putting the wheels on, I lowered the rear end on the
>ground off the jack stands... and went to lower the front. Now heres the
>disclaimer part. I was using a 6x6 block of wood, about foot and a half
>long, between the frame and the jack. I needed to do this to get the
>height I needed to raise the truck off the stands. I have done this DOZENS
>of times over the years and never never ever had a problem.
>
>Until tonight.
>
>Truck slipped off the stand and fell down on the jack. Jack cought a
>million to one shot and happened to land just where the oil pan drops down
>for the pick up tube (rear sump) Crushed it. I don't know how bad it is.
>I'm afraid to start it for fear it pushed the pick up tube up and could hit
>the crank.
>
>So guess what I'm doing?
>
>Giving up?
>
>Running home crying to mamma?
>
>I'm having her flatbed towed to the shop that I was taking her to anyway
>for an alignment... and going to have them change the oil pan in addition
>to the other stuff I needed them to do.
>
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>75 Honda CL360, 89 Dakota, 89 Dakota 4x4,
>95 Dakota 4x4, 96 Neon, 01 Ram 4x4
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