E30 M50 oil pan removal.....

[jrdeamicis]

Aww man. I really appreciate it. Wish I would have read that sooner cuz I already bought one of those ^^^^. Now I am trying to figure out how to attach it to the motor to suspend it. Do I wrap the chain around the mount arms?

Take a d-link and attach it to the clevis @ the top. You can either A) attach it to the front bracket near the vanos. (Look for the hole) or get a load balancer and attach the front part to the front bracket and the rear part of the load balancer goes through the intake and can bolt to the small bracket above the starter. There is a thread in it.

[graphikg]

get one of these

http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lb...bar-96524.html

I have one you can borrow. Call me.

Aww man. I really appreciate it. Wish I would have read that sooner cuz I already bought one of those ^^^^. Now I am trying to figure out how to attach it to the motor to suspend it. Do I wrap the chain around the mount arms?

[JGood]

How feasible would it be to drill holes in the bellhousing of a g260 to gain access to the oil pan bolts? I wish I would have thought of this before installing my engine last year, I would have done the oil pan gasket.

[jrdeamicis]

I am doing the job now, and there is no way I am going to do it successfully without suspending the engine correctly. Bottom line is... I need a hoist or this engine will fall on me. I tried using the rafters of the garage, but NOOO WAYY.

I have one you can borrow. Call me.

[Gnarles]

get one of these

http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lb...bar-96524.html

[DREWHALL]

LOL rafters. Yeah it's nice to have a hoist. Try craigslist a lot of times you can find a used one for less than half the price of a new one that works fine.

[graphikg]

I am doing the job now, and there is no way I am going to do it successfully without suspending the engine correctly. Bottom line is... I need a hoist or this engine will fall on me. I tried using the rafters of the garage, but NOOO WAYY.

[etxxz]

oh boy am i gonna get flamed. i jacked up the engine and used ratcheting tow straps around a 2x4 (~60" long) that span from fender to fender. It rested on 2x4 bases (~8"long) and they themselves rested on towels. Dropped the subframe, removed my pan. Found out my crank is plausibly bent (type of bearing wear after OPN failure), cyl 4 walls are scratched to hell and out of round, so put the subframe back up and hoisted the motor out this weekend... wish i owned a hoist thankfully i have a lot of motor head friends.

-master driveway mechanic

[graphikg]

I dont have a crane to suspend the engine, so I might just have to hold the engine up with jack stands by the enginen mount arms. What a crappy job... But at least my tranny is out already. - do it while you're there.

[etxxz]

^^ it helped, that's for sure.

[graphikg]

The subframe consists of just 4 bolts on the chassis right? But dont you have to unbolt the sway bar too?

[RoadHazard]

Drop the subframe. That's how I did mine.

Yeah it sucks.

[graphikg]

F! That means I should do my oil pan now since my tranny is out. perfect timing on the thread. Is there a write-up on this?

[etxxz]

the oil pan has a few bolts in the back that the G260 won't allow you to reach because of the bellhousing whereas the ZF has very convenient cutouts for it. In other words, the tranny has to come off in order for you to remove the oil pan.

[DREWHALL]

I've only had the 24v in for a few weeks now, what makes you have to pull the 260 as opposed to the ZF? Just wondering for future reference. I'm not excited to hear this!