1 piece oil pan gasket
#2
Rather than ordering a new pan, you could remove your existing one and with a grinder remove the ridge around each bolt hole, and that will allow your pan to be used with the single piece gasket. That is a common mod.
#3
As F-250 said, you have to grind off the raised ridges around all of the bolt holes. The 4 piece gasket used the ridges to keep the gasket aligned, and for torque/compression. The 1 piece uses copper compression rings built into the gasket.
A dremel and a little grinding wheel can make pretty quick work of it. Just be sure to get them as smooth as possible.
Otherwise, you can just order a new oil pan. I ordered one for an '81, and it didn't come with the raised ridges. If you get a new one, be certain that you get one with the correct configuration of the dipstick.
If your current dipstick goes into the oil pan, and you get a pan for an engine that has the dipstick in the block, you will have NO dipstick at all.
If you get one with a dipstick hole, and your current dipstick goes into the block, you'll have two. This, obviously, isn't as bad as the first.
A dremel and a little grinding wheel can make pretty quick work of it. Just be sure to get them as smooth as possible.
Otherwise, you can just order a new oil pan. I ordered one for an '81, and it didn't come with the raised ridges. If you get a new one, be certain that you get one with the correct configuration of the dipstick.
If your current dipstick goes into the oil pan, and you get a pan for an engine that has the dipstick in the block, you will have NO dipstick at all.
If you get one with a dipstick hole, and your current dipstick goes into the block, you'll have two. This, obviously, isn't as bad as the first.
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