Howdy, I want to put a new 7 qt pan on my 350 in my 70 Monte Carlo (Chevelle) and I was wondering if I had to hoist the engine up at all to do so to clear the crossmember. Two people said I do and one said I had to separate the trans from the motor! Is this true? and if so...Any good methods to this? Is this hard, how long will it take? Any details on this would be great.

And since I'm going to be at the oil pan, I was looking at the crank wipers that are suppose to wipe the oil off the crankshaft to free up horsepower. This doesn't make any sense to me, how does this work? Does anybody have one of these? Wouldn't it be hitting the crankshaft and causing damage unless its perfectly in there right? Does anyone reccommmend this?

And I want to replace the oil pump while I'm there...any reccommend high volume oil pumps?

Lastly, The engine is a 72 (original 2 piece oil pan gasket with dipstick tube on drivers side). I want to switch to a 1 piece oil pan gasket, can I do this and assure that my new oil pan and all will fit properly? Does anybody have the Fel Pro part number that I would need to do this? I did this to my 305 but my friend got the gasket and I had to use a different oil pan. Help on this would be appreciated

Any help on these items would be great, thanks a lot.

Ryan Washington
www.RyansCustoms.com (http://www.RyansCustoms.com)

The crossmember will be in your way. Some have done the removal with the motor still in the car. Search in the Engine forum for their ideas. Something about crank position and motor mounts. You may need to remove the tranny.

Either way you will need to remove, or loosen the timing cover.

I did the exact repair you are doing, only I damaged the two-piece oil pan gasket in the process. I bought a one-piece unit and was able to fix everything back to normal with no motor removale or hoisting. I do have skinny fingers though, and it wasn't comfortable at all.

I doubt there is any need for a high volume oil pump or a scraper in your application.

So why the interest to dig into just one part, the least accessable, of the motor?