I cut the spray oil tubing and the dipper troughs out of the pan. They aren't needed with the full pressure oiling on the rods. See pic 1. Today I tried fitting the oil pan on the engine and found it wasn't going all the way down. I first thought it was the oil pump pickup, but that didn't make sense, since everything there was the same as when the engine ran. The only thing that changed was the oil pump itself. I scratched my head a bit and finally discovered the one of the oil pan baffles was hitting the inlet fitting on the oil pump (circled area on pic 2.) I smeared a little gasket sealer that was handy on the baffle and put the pan in place and rocked it a little. Some of the gasket sealer transferred to the inlet fitting (arrow on pic 3.) So anyone fitting a M29 high capacity oil pump in a 216 will need to cut a little bit off the forward baffle. A little grinder work will take care of it by cutting a little crescent out of the baffle for clearannce.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
