It had an oil pan leak so the previous owner left me a gasket and I decided to replace it today. Boy was it a pleasure to work on this car. even though it is 45 years old it had been well taken care of. The hardest part was cleaning out the garage but I had Tims help and he helped sweep and clean up. I put the car up on the lift for the first time and was amazed as you can see by the pictures how clean it was underneath. I saw that the skirts were not bolted in but were attached the same way my Grand LeMans skirts were...so off they came. I then went to work on the oil pan...the 2 bolts on either side of the cross member were finger tight the rest were semi tight. they all came out with no issues. I dropped the pan only to realize that it would not just drop out...off came the TQ inspection cover...then unbolted the drivers side engine mount...no rust no breaker bar...just came undone...same with passenger side....I then got my under car supports out and lifted the engine up...and voila the pan came out. I scrapped off the gasket and then took my grinder with wire brush and cleaned up all the gasket material. I was surprised to find very little sludge/debris at the bottom of the pan..I then cleaned it out with wax and grease remover...appl
ied gasket adhesive on the bolt holes and a smear around the pan itself and put the gasket on. put a piece of plywood ontop and let it set up for 15 mins..I then cleaned the bottom of the block and slid then pan back into place...slowly lowered engine and installed the engine mount bolts and buttoned everything up. Lowered car...filled with oil...and started up....SHOOT it is still leaking....so while running I lifted car up and looked underneath to see where oil was dripping from. It was leaking from the mechanical oil pressure gauge fitting....tig
htened that up no leak...yippee.
..lowered car...and took for a spin...no drips no leaks no errors...
attached are some pictures of the skirts and of the underside which is RUST FREE
