Engine Assembly: Oil Pan

Time to close up the bottom end. To make sure the oil pan would not leak, I cleaned the surfaces and used Hylomar to glue the cork gaskets in place.

Then I placed the gaskets on the block and lightly screwed the bolts in to make sure everything was positioned correctly.

Then came a long pause in the oil pan installation. I noticed that the drain plug threads were pretty much gone and probably would not hold oil. I searched around for a new pan but only some chromed parts were available quickly. I wanted to retain the original look so I decided to fix the threads. I took the pan to a friend who welded a nut inside it. With that I could screw in a different bolt to use as a plug.

Finally I pushed the rubber end seals in the block, spread some more Hylomar on the gasgets and I was ready to install the pan.

After dropping the pan on the block, I torqued the bolts in many steps. First until they just pulled the pan in and then half a turn at a time so the flange would not bend. After a few rounds the pan was installed.