Subject	Follow up to oil pan rtv: how do you keep from smearing it
Posted by	evan_aggie on August 19, 2012 at 5:41 PM
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Message	while installing the pan? I dropped the cross member with the tie rods still connected. The cross member came down quite a bit, but I have two interference issues that require a lot of finesse. 1) The lip of the oil pan will get caught on the transmission plate (the big one) where you have to really push the oil pan towards the front of the car before it will drop. 2) The oil pick up tube is obviously in the way as everyone said, so I have to angle the pan up to the point where the front touches the block. The only way I seem to be able to get good clearance is if I pull the cross member towards the front of the car. Has anyone else had to do that? I just can't do it all by myself though. I can't balance the pan...push the cross member towards the front, etc. Am I missing something?
Follow Ups	Follow up to oil pan rtv: how do you keep from smearing it - evan_aggie 17:41:14 08/19/12 I'd completely remove the cross member - aliaZ 06:52:22 08/20/12 Wait, what? Remove cross member but swing the rack? - evan_aggie 08:06:20 08/20/12 Does this RTV job look safe? - evan_aggie 13:10:02 08/20/12 I put the bead in the middle where the grooves are. - Woody75 (Denver) 13:34:04 08/20/12 Don't see how it is possible w/ the cross member in place. - evan_aggie 15:49:25 08/20/12 2nd. Bead in the middle. Lighter on the seals. (n/m) - ConVerTT 09:41:01 08/21/12 Re: Does this RTV job look safe? - Tech@EPR 00:59:52 08/21/12 Re: Re: Does this RTV job look safe? - preprodigy 04:28:59 08/21/12 That wasn't my job. That was someone else's pics. (n/m) - evan_aggie 09:55:12 08/21/12 What did you mean: outside the bolt holes on both block and - evan_aggie 10:20:23 08/21/12 Every oem sealed pan I have removed has been in the middle. - Woody75 (Denver) 10:50:20 08/21/12
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