Pulling oil pan on 273

You can do it on your back, but pulling is alot easier IF you got the setup and the tools. If not, youll need to at least pull distributor (mark it) and pull the passenger motor mount nut (or both) Jack up the motor as high as needed to get to 3 of the nuts over the K-member, and drop the center link. you can get the pan out if you turn the crank (mark it too) so the throws let it slide back and down. Ramps are nice, a bottle jack or better a floor jack will be needed to raise the motor off the mount. Not real fun but it can be done. I tortured myself and actually replaced main and rod bearings ON MY BACK using this method. That would have been an hour job on a stand but it turned out to be about a 5 hour job under the car. Studs are nice when it comes to pan bolts as they help locate the gasket and prevent cross threading of those pesky short pan bolts. Strip one of those and a leak is about guaranteed. When you got the pan out, take a straight edge to the pan rail and pound out any high spots. torque pan bolt/stud to 15ft/lbs only.