1967 170 engine oil pan

[jamesjustus]

I have a 1967 Bronco with a 170 engine. The engine oil pan has a front sump. The front differential comes in contact with the sump when off roading. Was this vehicle originally equipped with a front sump or a rear sump?

Thank you

 

[B RON CO]

Hi, the Broncos came with a rear sump pan and extended pickup tube. My guess is the original engine was replaced with a used engine from a car. If the right side of the block had 3 freeze out plugs it is a 170. If you have 5 freeze out plugs it is a 200. Good luck

 

[bmbm]

Passenger car pan

Yep that is what happened. Members on this forum are occasionally removing the 170/200 six for a v8 conversion. You might get a pan that way or better yet get a 200 motor it is drop in swap. Might be some on here for sale right now.

 

[jckkys]

I'm sure that's what happened. It's still hard to believe even a real knuckle head would simply ignore the huge differences in the two pans. How does anyone stick a replacement engine in a truck a not compare everything beyond the heads and block?

 

[broncochevy]

I guess there are tons of reasons; just hope it wasn’t ignored just to flip the vehicle and take the new buyer. Good time to swap to a v8 maybe?

 

[chrlsful]

plenty 170 rear sumps. Just get 1. Any trouble let us know. Now...
puttin the 250 in my bronk? Not as easy. U don't wanna go this route.
250/4.1 never hada rear sump (frnt & in 80s 'double' to geta round the ster link) 1969 - 80;
For the bronk I hada take the 250 pan, cut the 'bolt ring', cut off the 170 sump, marry them
to create a rear sump 250 pan this way, Luckly I hada nother 250 I flipped upside dwn to useasa welding jig as that ring was pretty narrow.

 

[TOOLMAN]

plenty 170 rear sumps. Just get 1. Any trouble let us know. Now...
puttin the 250 in my bronk? Not as easy. U don't wanna go this route.
250/4.1 never hada rear sump (frnt & in 80s 'double' to geta round the ster link) 1969 - 80;
For the bronk I hada take the 250 pan, cut the 'bolt ring', cut off the 170 sump, marry them
to create a rear sump 250 pan this way, Luckly I hada nother 250 I flipped upside dwn to useasa welding jig as that ring was pretty narrow.

I think one of the guys in our club out here in Colorado did this...Viperwolf aided. Looked serious!

 

[bmbm]

oil pan

Also check out fordsix.com when you have time.

 

[chrlsful]

B RON, bmbm, ViperW all know each other 20 yrs now I'd say...
since the early 90s the net has made the bronk world smaller.

My 1st visits were to the MidLantic folks ('92?, they still havea site) B4 Jeff's site became what it is 2day. Now (due to the huge, rediculious in my mind, rise in sales figuresI assume) this site has begun to B more accepting of the six i6 motors ina bronk. I saw in BD, near Issue 8, '04 - a really nice 4.9/300 install.
Like bmbm sez take a look:
https://fordsix.com/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=ace36ef0b9c1ea071b52ddd4b9fd666a