jack on the oil pan

[p24-1953]

i am removing the clutch and housing on my car, and in order to do this i have to remove the rear crossmember and engine support. is it okay to place a floor jack under the oil pan to hold the back of the engine up while its removed? or will the pan cave in? the man. states i need some special tool to support the engine evenly while the crosmember is out. it looks like the weight is all being carried on the pan.

so whats yalls advice?

[greg g]

a piece of wood to spread the load will allow you to take up some of the engines weight.

The larger the piece of wood the better it will spread the load. so a 9 x9 piece of 3/4 plywood would work more effectively than a 2x4 but if ya only got a 2x use it.

[Young Ed]

Well I can tell you I have a nice dent in the oil pan of my dakota from doing the engine mounts. My Dad has 2 old sign posts that he used to hold the engine up for I believe his 54 with powerflite. But probably the easist is to just bolt it to a hoist from above

[1947PLEVY]

It would be better to raise the engine up with a hoist from the top rather than using the block of wood on the oil pan. If the oil pan is bent in to far, it could restrict the pick-up screen on the oil pump, thus causing damage to the engine.. Just my 2 cents..

God Bless Us All.. John

[40phil41]

FWIY, I used a floor jack and a 2X4 on my '40 (with D24 engine). Was supported that way for a couple of days. Didn't leave any scars at all.

Phil

[Norm's Coupe]

I would either pick it up with the hoist, or as mentioned place a good heavy piece of wood that extends over the entire bottom of the pan to jack it up that way. When my engine first came back from the machine shop I had it sitting flat on the garage floor. That way the weight was distributed evenly over the entire pan, and the edges of the pan gave better support.