[Porgie]

Guys long storey short ,,gave my 65 galaxy an engine face lift 390 replaced my old beat up oil pan ,with a knew one chrome pretty and not deep enough my old one measured 8 inches deep ,,new one 5 '' deep ..just about burned my pour car up HELP!!!!

 

[Porgie]

I have ordered 2 oil pans ,,both with the promise ,they are as original 5inches deep ,,this is not true,,My oil pan was 8 inches plus

 

[Porgie]

i need intake on this ,,my poor galaxy has been by my side ,at the age of 15 she is sick,, **** give me your input

 

[puttster]

Maybe paint the original one and use that?
Also, when you went from the deep pan to the shallow one, what did you do for the oil pick-up?

 

[danv]

8" does sound deep. Bet it wasn't original to the car.

 

[gbic1]

Sounds like a truck pan maybe? Pictures?

 

[FEandGoingBroke]

truck oil pan...

 

[Porgie]

So on the oil pan problem,, Does anybody ,maybe If I twist the Oil Pump screen pointing up instead of down,,would this create a Problem???

 

[FEandGoingBroke]

Yes it would.

You would then be unable to pull a lot of oil into the system

The sump screen is designed to sit about 3/8 to 1/2" off the pan bottom.

Fix the original pan and instal it. Chrome oil pans are for people that break down and have to lay under their car for hours at a time.

 

[rambuttt]

Yes it would.

Chrome oil pans are for people that break down and have to lay under their car for hours at a time.

In other words, Chebbies.

 

[Porgie]

THERES only one small problem with fixing this pan I threw it away 2 months ago iI wish I had it back ,,so I could beat myself to death for throwing it out

 

[Porgie]

You guys I'll try to send pics of my car on here Its a looker ..owned it since I was 15 years old..it was born the same year as me 46 goin on 47 years ...1965 galaxy 500 convertable

 

[Porgie]

GoingBroke thanx for your input love the name,,,,,,,,, we are all Broke...talked to a machine shop ford guy ,told me to bend the tube upward and I would be okay he said also 3/8 ....1/2 also

 

[FEandGoingBroke]

Bending it upward THREE inches is going to put a damper in your coolness.....

Just buy a SHORTER PICKUP TUBE. It will take 14 seconds to instal it and you don't have to bend anything....