Slight oil leak question

[jhdeval]

You don't need a cherry picker to lift the engine. You can jack from below. Unbolt the motor mounts. On a SB, you can lift w/ a rod in a hole in the block, but not much to push against on a slant other than the oil pan, so use some 2x6 wood and newspapers to not mar it. Take the distributor cap & rotor off (cover w/ bag). Watch that the transmission doesn't jam against the tunnel. Once up, support w/ wood blocks between the mounts and K-frame. If still not enough room, you can drop the K-frame a bit by loosening the 4 bolts.

This is how I changed the motor mounts but I used the 2x4 under the oil pan. That is where I am trying to get to. I have a leak around the oil pan. I have looked since starting this thread but I do not see anywhere else to jack it from.

 

[Bad Sport]

This is how I changed the motor mounts but I used the 2x4 under the oil pan. That is where I am trying to get to. I have a leak around the oil pan. I have looked since starting this thread but I do not see anywhere else to jack it from.

Jack it up using a piece of 2x4 or something under the pan. Once you have it raised put some blocks in the space on your motor mounts to hold it.

 

[BillGrissom]

If you are supporting the engine with a block of wood between the mount and the k-member wouldn't lowering the k lower the engine the same amount?O

Yes and no. The highest you can jack up the engine is until the tranny hits the tunnel. If you also lower the K-frame, you can put bigger blocks of wood to hold the engine further away from the K-frame. Of course, don't get carried away. Make sure you have plenty of threads in the K-frame bolts still going into the frame (might remove a bolt to verify. I would also stack 4x4's under the K-frame before I climbed underneath. I never trust jack stands, since they look real tiny if under a car floating on stands and I don't want to be China's quality tester. I always stack a lattice of cut 4x4's under the frame rails and lower the car onto those. A good use for old fence posts.