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Mail From: Franck DJ (Don) (email redacted)

Can you really remove the oil pan and replace the gaskets without pulling
the engine? I hope so.

> Don Franck
> (email redacted)
> Pantera #1777
> Wk 713-241-6820 / Wk Fax 713-241-7620
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> "Some people said it couldn't be done. What they meant was "They couldn't
> do it".
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Watkins Jim LtCol CADRE/WSS [SMTPemail redacted)]
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 3:02 PM
> To: (email redacted)
> Subject: Re: [CM:18629] [Re: Mustang monthly
>
> Concur.
>
> Actually you could almost set your watch by the reoccuring
> "Replacing Your Interior", Installing Stainless Steel Disc Brakes,
> "Replace
> Your FloorBoard", "Rebuild Your 289" articles. I think the writers either
> get their parts and/or car worked on for free in exchange for mentioning
> the
> dealer and/or the shop in the article.
>
> I wrote Mustang Monthly a couple of years ago after one of their
> editorials pontificated greatly about how they were going to dedicate
> themselves to improving and serving the hobby, blah, blah, blah. I told
> them
> rather than a reissue of an old piece, I'd really like to see detailed
> articles on subjects like comparing aftermarket parts, aligning windows so
> they don't bind or whistle, replacing torque boxes or the inner and outer
> rocker panels, replacing dashes, or fixing cracks in shock towers. .
>
> To their credit they did start a part comparision feature, which
> unfortunately has mostly gone away. Also the Stainless Steel Brake
> articles
> keep coming back. But I guess they either needed the parts for their cars
> or else to keep Stainless as an advertiser. Probably the first Mustang
> magazine which runs a detailed Granda disc brake swap article will lose
> them
> big time.
>
> JIM WATKINS
> "For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert." Arthur C.
> Clarke
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: (email redacted) [SMTPemail redacted)]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 8:40 PM
> > To: (email redacted)
> > Subject: Re: [CM:18595] [Re: Mustang monthly
> >
> > As a matter of fact, it seems like they often "recycle" many articles
> > every
> > 14 months or so. I think it is the same with every industry
> Magazine...as
> > I
> > was in the bicycling industry for 10 years and still today, I can read
> the
> >
> > same "maintenance tips" I read in the 80's just updated to the current
> > industry hot item. Many of the same paragraphs can be quoted from year
> to
> >
> > year too.
> >
> > Just my observation.
> >
> > Mark
> >
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Mail From: (email redacted) (email redacted)

Don,

On a '66 Mustang with a 289 the answer is yes. Have done
it a few times.

Dave

On 10/04/99 17:22:34 you wrote:
>
>Can you really remove the oil pan and replace the gaskets
without pulling
>the engine? I hope so.
>
>> Don Franck
>> (email redacted)
>> Pantera #1777
>> Wk 713-241-6820 / Wk Fax 713-241-7620
>> HM 281-856-8049 / Hm Fax 281-859-9531
>> geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9415
>> "Some people said it couldn't be done. What they meant
was "They couldn't
>> do it".
>>



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Mail From: Matt Trostel (email redacted)

"Franck DJ (Don)" wrote:

> Can you really remove the oil pan and replace the gaskets without pulling
> the engine? I hope so.

I did it about a year ago on my '66 289. I removed as little extra stuff as
possible but I got it in there with some strategically applied pressure. Let
the car sit as long as possible after having been driven before you do it. The
engine drips oil forever and if you're impatient like I was, you get oil drops
in you mouth, hair, etcetera. Because of that, it was the messiest car repair
I've ever done, although not very difficult.

Matt


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