any easy suggestions? My thoughts are - undo the motor mounts and drop the front diff.
anyone ever had fun with this project? Any tips?
thanks
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My first question would be. Why are you changing the pan? Is it damaged or do you have a stripped oil drain plug hole? If your pan has been off before and reinstalled with RTV instead of a pan gasket as many are.... It will need to be cut all the way around with a razor knife in order to remove it. This will be a difficult job to do with the motor still in the vehicle. If the pan has a gasket, it will be much easier. Keep in mind that the pan will need to be dropped significantly in order to clear the oil pump pickup tube, I haven't heard of this being accomplished with the motor still inside the vehicle on a 4 x 4. The ones I have done have always been when I've pulled the motor out.
The oil pan isn't damaged other than really bad scally rust on it. Dont want to take a chance of it letting go.
I have had the truck for 13 years and never touched the oil pan. So I might assume that there is a gasket. I am even having a difficult time finding an oil pan.....
this sucks
My first question would be. Why are you changing the pan? Is it damaged or do you have a stripped oil drain plug hole? If your pan has been off before and reinstalled with RTV instead of a pan gasket as many are.... It will need to be cut all the way around with a razor knife in order to remove it. This will be a difficult job to do with the motor still in the vehicle. If the pan has a gasket, it will be much easier. Keep in mind that the pan will need to be dropped significantly in order to clear the oil pump pickup tube, I haven't heard of this being accomplished with the motor still inside the vehicle on a 4 x 4. The ones I have done have always been when I've pulled the motor out.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the oil pan aluminum? The lower sump pan could be steel. I'll check tomorrow on my 4Runner.
The oil pan on a 89-95 3.0 V-6 is steel. I would wire brush the thing down really well, put a good rust inhibitor on it, and then paint it with a high quality paint. If it is the front that is rusty due to rock chips, etc. You could possibly also apply some undercoating spray to the front panel that sees rocks and other road debris during normal driving. This would at least buy you time while you locate a replacement pan. The pan isn't under any kind of pressure so even if it did start to leak it wouldn't be a disaster unless it were on the bottom and you didn't pay attention to the ground under your vehicle when you pull out of a parking spot.
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