I have made progress on pulling the engine and tranny....
See the picture thread here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...pic-heavy.html

Things that came from the progress:

Oil pan is leaking throught the pan....
1. Has any one had experience with the spectra oil pans at the parts houses?
$95 isn't to bad..... or are there other aftermarket ones?

Core support is shot....
I am leaning towards buy a gas one and hacking on it...
2. Where can I find the bushings?
3. Where can I find the core support mounts that the bushing sits on?

 

Oil Pan 97-03 - Riffraff Diesel Performance

 

$218 is a lot...is it that much better?

 

Here is one that is aftermarket, but thicker steel, and takes the Moroso gasket instead of Ford RTV.

http://www.amazon.com/Moroso-27336-O.../dp/B00LSTYM2Y

For how much work it is to swap pans, go with OEM or this Moroso.

Rusty

 

Here is one that is aftermarket, but thicker steel, and takes the Moroso gasket instead of Ford RTV.


For how much work it is to swap pans, go with OEM or this Moroso.

Rusty

 

Double post.....

But for those that have unlimited funds to throw at these things again those are great....I was originally pulling the engine - tranny for a tranny rebuild and core support fix...

Now I am into:
spider boots
glow plugs
compression check
Turbo compressor wheel
oil cooler rebuild
oil pan
transmission
core support

I don't want to spend unnesseary money...like oem oil pan...we know they rust...hence my problem...but to stick another oem that is twice the cost that we know will rust doesn't seem like a good decision to me; unless I do something to prevent the rusting.

 

Good luck.

Rusty