Thread: help with SBC 350

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Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

make sure the pickup fit s the pan

Go down to the crafts store and get a small amount of oil-based modeling clay. Remove the pan. Make an ice-cream-cone-shaped piece of clay, about 1 inch long and mush it onto the bottom of the pickup. Oil the clay so the pan will not stick to it. Push the pan into place. Don't bolt the pan down, just push it into place like it is being installed. Remove the pan. Measure how long the piece of clay is, from the face of the pickup. It should not exceed 1/2 inch. If the clay is longer than that or the clay didn't even touch the bottom of the pan, then you need to do some surgery to the pickup to bring it within 1/2 inch of the pan.

The next procedure will help you keep track of the amount of oil in the pan. Once you have the pickup to pan clearance worked out, bolt the pan back up and put 4 quarts of oil in the pan. Push the dipstick in and pull it out. Take the corner of a file and cut a groove on the dipstick. Add a quart and repeat the procedure, making another mark on the dipstick. Add a 6th quart and repeat, making a third mark on the dipstick. Now you have a permanent, correct manner of knowing precisely how much oil is in the pan.....4, 5 or 6 quarts.