I have a 72 F250 with an FE. Is it possible to remove the oil pan without lifting the engine?

 

Seems like I've read in the past that you can not. Mine now has a 460 in it so I can't look. Since Ford's Dizzys are in the front so is the oil pump in the pan. So I think the crossmember and the oil pump together won't allow you to remove it without some lift.

 

Yes it is possible. (I presume yours is 2wd; don't know about 4wd.) I've done it several times. Try a search on the slick and bump forums as well as this one.
Eric

 

It's possible. You''ll have to figure out how to remove the oil pump and pickup tube.

 

So I can't do it without removing the pump and tube at the same time huh? That's kind of what I was assuming. Dag nab it!

Thanks HIO.

 

I thought this is the bump forum? Sorry, What a slick? A dent side?

 

Slicks are the early 60's body style before us. Slick Sixty's. Dents are the 70's body style after us. Our horizontal body line down the sides "Bumps" out. Convex. Dent's horizontal body line "Dents" in. Concave.

 

After I asked the ? I remembered. I never referred to my 65 as a slick.

 

Whoops, I meant slick and dent...
The frame/FE engine relationship is the same '65-'76, hence the issue falls into the three forums.
I have separated the pan from the block without removing the pump and pickup. This allows the pan to be moved around enough to allow access to the main cap bolts and gives enough room to do the rear seal, which is what I was in there for.
Why do you want to remove the pan?
Eric

 

Pretty much the same thing. I bought a complete gasket set and if you saw my undercarriage before I dug into this you definitely know.

Can you actually remove the pan totally?

BTW, you had it right. I'm the one with my head where it don't belong.

 

I believe the pan will come out of the truck if the pump and pickup are removed and the crank is turned to move the counterweights out of the way.
Eric

 

Not that it's applicable, but I can't pull the pan off my Cleveland in the truck. But I can drop it about an inch to put the timing cover on.

 

4wd bumps & dents no cross member under center of the pan. So it will drop straight down.
And for the 2wd, I've seen on this forum where guys used 4x4" wooden blocks between the motor mounts & frame mounts to support the engine up to remove the pan.

Orich

 

'Fridges = '57-'60 Ford trucks.

Slicks = '61-'66 trucks.

Bumpsides = '67-'72 trucks.

Dentsides = '73-'79 trucks.

Bullnose = '80-'86 trucks.

....I don't know what, if anything, the nicknames are for the Ford trucks prior to '57 or beyond '86.

 

UR, 87-96 F-150's and up to 98 F-250/350's are called OBS's (old body style) from the diesel guys.