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Originally Posted by lust4speed
Yes - you will only do it once like the rest of us. The pan will not come out unless the engine is at least 4-1/2" higher than the crossmember. Remember that the main bearing caps and counterweights are almost to the bottom of the pan. You first remove the engine mount bolts. Then you can only get about an inch and a half until the transmission bell hits the firewall. So you disconnect the bellhousing from the block. Then the fan hits the shroud so you remove the fan. If you have headers the collectors hit the floorboard so you remove the headers. This insanity keeps up until you have removed basically everything so the engine can balance precariously almost a half foot above where you started and you can finally slide the pan out. Really nothing stopping you from pulling the engine at this point because why scrape the remains of the pan gasket down into your eyes when you can finish pulling it out and flipping it over.
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I was either a slow learner. or my memory wasn't too sharp, I've done it twice......LOL