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1985 Ford F100 Oil Pan Gasket ?s

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emattison
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Sep 30, 2011, 10:58 AM

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1985 Ford F100 Oil Pan Gasket ?s	Sign In

Hi All -

I'm looking for advice on replacing a oil plan gasket. Here are the specs on my vehicle.

1985
Ford
F100 Lariat XLT
351 Windsor
105,000

So this is a low mileage truck that I picked up a year ago. It was in storage for a long time, hence the low mileage. It has a slow leak at the back of the oil pan and while it may the rear main, I'm pretty sure I'm looking at a gasket leak and want to start there for repair.

In looking at the repair manual, it says that I have to drop the engine to replace this gasket.

My question is, is this really necessary on this vehicle?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

EM

Discretesignals
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Sep 30, 2011, 7:31 PM

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No, you don't have to pull the engine out. There is a trick to that. Drop the pan with the engine in the truck (which you wont be able to get out and it will set on the crossmember). Remove the old gasket. Clean up the surfaces. Put your dabs of silicone at the four corners.

Don't use the cork gasket kit. That's a piece of ^&$%. Get a Felpro permadry gasket. The gasket is rubber. Stretch (rubber stretches) the gasket over and around the oil pan to get it where you need it. Bolt the pan back up and torque the bolts to 10 ft lbs.

Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.

(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Sep 30, 2011, 7:35 PM)

emattison
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Oct 3, 2011, 8:30 AM

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Awesome! Thanks for the advice. This helps a ton and may have saved $500.

Eric M.

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