75 Oil Leaking Daily Driver
After spending most of the year dealing with problem after problem on a mid size truck.. I ended up trying to stick it to the man and purchased the truck I wanted. Full size extended cab 4x4, smog exempt long bed. I bought it Eight weeks ago and have driven it a total of about Two days. The truck is as follows: 1975 Dodge W200 Ext. Cab Long bed. 31" Tires, Dana 60 rear, Dana 44 front and both have 4.10 Gears. 360 four barrel and 727 transmission with a divorced 205 transfer case.
I am working on getting the oil pan gasket to seal correctly so that I can begin driving it on a daily basis. That way it can be a Working progress and not just a Project I am working on. I live in Concord, Ca and I would like to find some quality mopar fans/mechanics, that may be able to help me with my project. I need this truck to be a daily driver for my business and I have a lot of plans to improve the truck over the next year. Any help or directions on where to look for help would be greatly appreciated. |
if you want to do the pan yourself it s not that hard of a job you should have more than enough room to drop it and install a new gasket one trick is to move the crank counter balance points up into the block by rotating the crank and the pan will come down the hardest thing i have had to deal with on re installing the pan is the 4 two up front and two in the rear bolts that are just at the end of the pan what i did to remedy this situation is use longer bolts "to aid in getting them aligned started with nuts on them i use the nuts to drive the pan up against the block then i install the other bolts then back off the nuts remove the long bolts and install the originals u should not have to many issues a simple fix should take you a good day to do this
of course i don't live in cali so i don't know any one on that side of the country but im sure some one here at the forum can help you good luck and welcome to the mopar forums |
Never done it I have heard it is a "B" on a 4 wheel drive because the differential goes under the pan.
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Thats a great idea with the longer bolts, I will give that a try.
I have removed the oil pan, and ground down the brake line bracket that is attached to the cross member. I did not grind too much to alter the strength of it, just enough to make more clearance for the oil pan to go back on. I am planning to replace the gasket add Slick 50 and quality oil and get the truck back on the road by the end of this weekend. I found a guy that lives locally and is a HUGE Mopar enthusiast/mechanic, etc... Which I definitely need some help on this project. It is amazing what you can find out when you simply ask people questions. Thank you for your responses! |
and since you got the pan off you might as well install a new oil pump it's right there so go for it.
i have never done this on a 4x4 but in my 3500 work van and my diplimat |
Nice truck. Instead of an oil pan gasket try a 1/8" bead of the Right stuff from Permatex.
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