Subject: RE: Ambo Oil Pan Removal
Author: jason telford
Date: Sep 3, 2003, 9:35 AM
Post ID: 1714385131
You found them. I don't remember the exact number, but that sounds
right. There's none in the middle of the pan (like on later model
tonti's). I usually have to whack the pan with a hammer to get it
loose.
1) use a leather or rubber mallet
2) use a piece of wood against a structurally sound area- don't hit the
cooling fins or you'll break them off.
3) put a soft cloth under the pan so it falls onto something other than
hard concrete.
4) you did drain the oil first, right?
Cheers,
Jason
Donny wrote:
I was getting impatient waiting for my shop manual to arrive, so I decided to pull the oil pan on my '70 Ambo tonight. It looked pretty straight-forward, so I pulled out 14 bolts and gave it a few taps with a light hammer, but it's not budging. I thought about prying it but stopped short to avoid the possibility of damage. Are there any other bolts that need to be removed besides the 14 on the bottom or anything else that needs to be done to get the pan off? I know the pan has never been off before, so it may just be that it needs a little persuading. Better safe than sorry though. Thanks, Donny |