When you removed the pump, one of the bearing/s were missing? Did you drop the pan then? I need to pull my oil pan as the PO hit something and tried to rivet a steel plate to it then seal it with epoxy. It doesn't seem to be holding so I wanted to remove the pan and clean it well then go over the crack or what-not with JB-weld or have it professionally welded. A new pan is $300, yikes. If you did drop the pan, did you have to jack the engine up to clear the cross-bar or were you able to slide it out the front once all the bolts were removed.

Thanks
David

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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