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Old 02-07-2005, 12:17 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by BusyBenz
. Using those type jacks under the oil pan will very likely crack the cast aluminum oil pan on a 603, don't know about a 617, even if you use a block of wood I would hesitate. I know, I have a 603 oil pan that cracked from someone doing the same thing!
When my indy did the mounts on the 603, he easily supported the oil pan using a floor jack with a thread on top. It had sufficient force to easily lift the engine by the oil pan (600 lbs.??).

How did this fellow crack the pan? The engine must not have been free to lift up and he must have put far more than 600 lb. of force on the pan trying to lift it.
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