Has anyone replaced the oil pan on their 95 F250 HD yet? Mine is totally shot. It's a lot different than an F150. Mine has 1 Ton leafs in the front. plus independent front suspension. My local mechanic wants up to a $1000.00 to do the job! Since I don't want to finance the new addition on his house. I'd like to do it myself. It looks really tight under there. And the suspension, crossmembers, skid plates etc. If I put a Turret on this truck it could be a TANK! Anyone?

 

I am sure you have to pull the engine..

 

Some maintenance manuals say you can simply lift the engine if you remove enough topside stuff (e.g. EFI, carb, intake, etc), but the truth is 99.9% of the time the engine will need to come out.

These Ford oil pans are a major "Shame on Ford" item --- I have three trucks (1988 - 1994) and all three have bad pans!!!

 

Ok whats the scoop here, you guy's say the oil pans are shot . What do you mean by shot?. Are they rusted, dents, or are you guy,s talking about the gaskets leaking? regards, Domenico....-

 

What do you mean by bad pans? Does it easily cracked, rusted, etc.?

 

I don't see the difference between F150 and F250 when changing the oil pan.

Well, we have a 1995 F150 4.9L L6 and book suggested to drain the coolant, remove the radiator, remove the starter, remove the two motor mount nuts and then raise the engine by putting a block of wood underneath the oil pan with a floor jack. Put 1" block of wood on the space created by the two motor mounts when the engine is raised to keep the engine raised and then remove the floor jack and then you can remove the oil pan.

Well, I was able to raise the engine and replace my oil pump, oil pump strainer/filter, oil pan gasket and without removing the radiator, starter.

http://members.fortunecity.com/slade...50_4.9L_L6.htm

 

Ford's oil pans are prone to rust out due to poor paint adhesion and the thickness of the metal used on their pans. In addition to the three F-Series vehicles I own that have experienced this problem, I am aware of at least ten other owners in the states of DE, MD, MA, VA, and NC that had identical problems.

I'm going to work on one of these bad pans soon and rather than lift the engine I'll attempt to cut the pan in two under the vehicle using a small hand held, rotating air cutting tool to remove the pan's "sections". My plan is to make an identical precision cut in a new pan, install the sections "loosely" under the block and MIG weld the sections together before final assembly to the block.

We'll keep you posted.

 

I have done several 4X2 4.9 oil pans and my buddy did a 351W in a full size bronco. He said it sucked and would never do it again. The 4X2 truck I can get done in under 2 hours but I have done so many of them.

You will have to remove the oil pump when you do this with the motor in the truck. You may even have to loosen the tranny mount to get the motor and tranny high enough to slide the oil pan out.

When you get the new gastket they will supply you with four plastic pins. These will help hold things in place for you once you start to reinstall the pan and gasket. They even hold up the oil pan once in place.

1988 Ford 150 4x4 you have to be joking about cutting the pan, right?

 

Ive done three oil pans on F-250s 5.8,6.9 and a 7.3 and the motor on these had to come out there is no room to work its a shame that Ford just dosent see that these pans are just too thin and rust thru is a very common problem that can be solved with out much effort if they would just make the pan a little thicker and give it a proper coat of paint.

 

I am looking at buying a 94 F150 XLT. Has a 302.
When these pans rust and need replacement is the replacement pan better than the original or is there a better aftermarket one available ? Would not want to have to change the pan again in a few years. I have a 63 F100 with a 57 292 in it and the original oil pan is still on that engine.

 

I would repaint the pan and use DP epoxy sealer as your base.