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Hi Guys , just a question about the 289 oil pan. Will a 5.0 80ish rear sump oil pan from a fox chassis Mustang interchange with the 67 Bronco. They are a lot cheaper .
.......I went to the trouble and expense of having the rear main bearing cap area of the EB pan cut off and replaced with the same area off a 351W pan. There's no other way to get a real EB pan with a 351W. If I was still running a 289-302, I wouldn't think about anything other than the OE Bronco pan.
The 188 Mercruiser Pan is identical to the Bronco Pan. They even copied the leaks. After I fixed my 72 Bronco oil leak I repaired the leak in my 72 Mercruiser 302 Pan. In my case the Mercruiser Pan came before the Bronco Pan and the Mercruiser never left a drop of oil on the driveway.The OE Bronco oil pan is the ONLY one designed for the Bronco chassis. Anything else will be hit by the front axle when the suspension bottoms out. I went to the trouble and expense of having the rear main bearing cap area of the EB pan cut off and replaced with the same area off a 351W pan. There's no other way to get a real EB pan with a 351W. If I was still running a 289-302, I wouldn't think about anything other than the OE Bronco pan. A little known trick is the availability of inexpensive MerCruiser 188 boat oil pans that were in fact EB pans. Boat people don't know what they could get for them. Here is a good example ; https://www.ebay.com/itm/MerCruiser...274117&hash=item2600e7b762:g:du8AAOSwjkxbhC-l. These pans never seem to be dented.
The 188 Mercruiser Pan is identical to the Bronco Pan. They even copied the leaks. After I fixed my 72 Bronco oil leak I repaired the leak in my 72 Mercruiser 302 Pan. In my case the Mercruiser Pan came before the Bronco Pan and the Mercruiser never left a drop of oil on the driveway.
I Think the later model Mercruiser had the screw in dip stick just like the Bronco.
What leak are you referring to? What was your fix?
I am replacing the original 6 cylinder manual with a 289 I have had for awhile but with the front sump . I never even considered a Merc oil pan.
I will be using a C-4 . I am assuming that does not make a difference as to which oil pan I use. Can anyone confirm this ?