Bill ,what wheels are you using next and where are the pics of them on the new wagon ?

finished cleaning up the garage some and finally opened my driveshaft box, just need to order the yoke and u joint but while i was at it i put the new valve covers and air cleaner on just to get it out the living room..lol
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and got the last of the brake parts on
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:)

Looking sharp :ntwrthy:

I started working on it
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Gonna be a long road


Sent from in a ditch up side down and on fire with the wheels still spinning

It was 27 Degrees out this morning when the sound of a big block filled the morning air.

Drove mine to work for the first time in a few weeks! So glad I don't live up north!!

Noticed a small spot of oil in the garage under the car and assumed something was just a little loose and needed tightened - oil spot was not large enough to cause concern really.

Well I crawled under the car yesterday and did some cleaning up/wiping down and checking all the various bolts that might need re-snugging. Nothing was obviously loose and the oil appeared to have no starting place except the bottom of the pan.

So I wiped the pan down and continued cleaning up headers and other various areas that get road grime on them when I noticed a line of oil slowly making its way back down the pan. That is when I noticed the small hairline crack right on the front side edge of the oil pan.....

iPhone doesn't really show it, but up close you can just barely see a spot where the paint is cracked right on the edge (nearest the front cross-member.) Not sure if the previous dent weakened the area or what. Hoping it can be tigged in the car - don't really want to replace the pan since the motor was JUST out of the car!
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Damn Eric...your luck!!! :(
Any idea on how that pan got dented? From the latest R & R?

Tell me about it...

Not sure on the dent really. I thought I remembered it having a few small dents when originally installed that were hammered out a little. The paint is not scuffed, scratched or anything to indicate it was hit when dropping it in the last time. The photo shows a dent and spot where the old paint flaked but the new paint is clean. I know one of the header tubes contacted the asphalt coming down the 75S/285E ramp but the pan looks clean so I wouldn't think that did it.

Who knows, hopefully the guys at Mo's can tig it up for me with little issue. Not too worried about it.

If not for bad luck you would have none ,hope its an easy fix.

I too hope it is an easy fix. I think all of us have felt this way at one time or another.