oil pan questions

**ford dude** · 10-22-2009, 04:19 PM

i got my 64 galaxie charging ,,now i have another problem ,,, my oil pan leaks ,,has a small hole in it ..i have another oil pan to put back on ...my question is and im probably in the wrong place to ask.. what is required to change the pan in the car ,,,i jacked the front of the engine about as far as i can without crushing something ..i still like a good 1 1/2 to clear before i can get the pan off ... so what do i do pull the whole engine ?????????????????????

10-22-2009, 04:25 PM

Don't know of your application but, sometimes rotating the crank as you are pulling the pan out can help.

**ford dude** · 10-22-2009, 05:35 PM

well i gave up ,,,the other 352 engine i had turned out no good either,,answer me this ,, i have a 1980 ford truck with a sweet running 302 with auto trans,, will this 302 out of that truck fit in my 64 galaxie if so will there be many changes ? need more input please

**ford dude** · 10-24-2009, 07:06 AM

changed oil pump and screen and that little rod dohicky that goes to the dist. ,,,,oh i forgot to mention the reason i changed all this was because i had a tick after it warmed up and the oil light flickered after warmup ... well i changed to a high volume oil pump and screen and my new chrome pan and all looked well ,,til it warmed up and you guessed it tick tick tick ,,,doing the same thing ...i have a 1965 ford galaxie sitting out back with a good running 352 engine in it and im fixin to change the engines around if i have to..was hoping for a quick fix in the one i have in it now before i did all that..my car is a beautiful red with a white top 1964 galaxie 500 xl .... and id like to get that problem fixed before spring car shows ,,,or maybe ill sell it on ebay with the problem it has now ...

**Rich27028** · 10-24-2009, 07:16 AM

its a lifter--or --you have an exhaust leak -look where to pipe hooks to the manafold--

**ford dude** · 10-31-2009, 07:40 AM

manifold exhaust leak will make the idiot light flutter on an off...???
enginge just chatters like mad after it runs for about 30 minutes,,,sounds fine til then

**DanH** · 10-31-2009, 10:02 AM

time for ALL bearings , total rebuild is more inorder

**ford dude** · 11-05-2009, 03:41 PM

i changed oil pump with a high volume pump and its doing the same thing ,,what i didnt do was prime the new pump ,,i guess i dont know how ,,,anyways got it back together and after a few minutes running it starts ticking again ...so i take the valve cover off and theres very very little oil coming out of a few of the pushrods..i bought another car just for the good running 352 engine if push comes to shove at least i can change engines..whats your input ?change engines or try and rescue this one ,,or change engines and rebuild the one i take out later...

11-05-2009, 04:04 PM

change engines and rebuild the one i take out later... That gets my vote. You can take your time and rebuild the old one and still drive the car!

**MasterAnubis** · 11-05-2009, 04:39 PM

30 minutes is a long time to be warmed up for something to happen.

Look around your exhaust manifolds where they meet the heads. If you’re running gaskets then there will probably be a small about of carbon buildup near any hole that exhaust could come out. It could also look like the gasket is breaking down. If you find something like that then it would be your culprit.

It sounds like an issue I had with the same sound. The manifolds warmed up and got to tickin'.

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