Oil pan hitting the center linkage.

VDART said

there is a later model pan that will work (369 ?)-- also you can shim the passenger side motor mount & that will raise the engine up a bit to clear ,while your looking for the center link-- what happened to the pan on the engine removed? -- good luck Lawrence

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Its funny you mention the shim. I bought a new motor mount from summit like 8 months ago when i was changing the oil pan gasket on the 198. It turned out that it was almost 1/4" to short, so i had my maintenance guys make me a plate to shim it to about the same height. Can you only shim the passenger side or is it possible to do them both? I feel like shimming it you would put pressure on the drivetrain.

The oil pan on the 198 is all fucked up and is far worse condition than the newer pan. I live in AZ and we have one of the best vintage junkyards that have about 25 A bodies from 62-75. I found a few pans that would work but theyre on the high side (80$) as far as can see but when youve got a monopoly on the market thats how it goes.

Thanks for all the replies!!!