What the F@#& was chevy thinking?

needsaresto, there isn't an easier way, unless you want to cut out the cross member under the engine, and only if you're REALLY confident in your welding ability to put it back together good and solid.

NOW, if I'm not mistaken the 4.6 litre cadillac motor, the one before the northstar, the upper oil pan was held in place by the head bolts, yeah, they go all the way thru the head thru the block and into the oil pan...

Cadillac is GMs biggest screw up, dont know why they didn't kill that division and not pontiac