OK so I put in a new high vol. oil pump and now my pan bolts will not stay tight.I'm thinking take out one bolt at a time spray the hole with brake cleaner clean the bolt threads and loc-tight the **** out of em !! Anybody have any other ideas ?
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BLADE262US
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Ive got one the HV oil pumps pump body is longer than a stock one which can cause interference with the pan , I actually had one that had a perfect very deep imprint of one of the 7/16 bolts that holds the cover plate for the oil pump on in the pan . So what is probably happening to you is your tightening the bolt up and the pan is pulling against one of those bolts then as it wears a little or the pan bends away it loosens up . Sucks you have to pull the pan to be sure though . 
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/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />I didn't know about the pump size difference. Guess that explains the oil leaking crack in the pan !! What the **** were they thinking? Oh its a 351 by the way. I got the leak sealed,but when I snug all the bolts I can drive it twenty minuets and they'll have loosened. Things startin to get on my nerves. what oil pan,or application is is that pump for? :angry:
BLADE262US
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You can use that pump but you have to be a bit crude and break out the BFH and knock a dent in the pan for clearance mine rubbed on it till it wore through so I had to beat it out then weld the hole shut not quite sure what they were thinking . /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />I was thinking of dropping my oil pan on my 1989 in December to install a high Val. pump. SO you have to bang out the bottom of the oil pump to get a good fit? :blink: Never heard of that before /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> But if thats what you have to do then so be it. I'll get my hammer when I start the job.
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/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> But if thats what you have to do then so be it. I'll get my hammer when I start the job.Ford.bmp
BLADE262US
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Yeah I had a couple of them tore apart in the garage have to see if I didnt toos them and Ill take some pics the pump body on a high volume is about a half more the thickness of a standard . /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
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