Oil Pan Help

[76BroncoPete]

Looking for a little assistance on old/new oil pan. Long story short, I had a coolant leak that ultimately lead to me needing to replace the time chain cover. I've got an old/new duff oil pan that has been sitting on the shelf for years, like when they were in Washington years, and I'm trying to figure out if I can install it with the new timing chain cover. My stock pan has always had issues leaking and since the previous owner had installed some long tube headers the stock dipstick tube has always kind of free floated between the headers. The old/new Duff pan doesn't have anywhere for a dipstick tube so I'm wondering if I can install and relocate the dipstick tube, lokar or another brand, to the timing chain cover or another location? Here are some pictures of the Duff pan that I'm wanting to install. Previous set up was a stock 76 oil pan with a screw in dipstick on the passenger side. Any assistance or direction that could be provided is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Pete

 

[Jdgephar]

It looks like a late 80s car oil pan. Its just like mine, from an 89 Lincoln Mark 7. It's ok for me, but I have a 3.5" lift. Front oil plug is hard to get to, so I usually don't drain that part, just the rear. I don't know if the oil pickup tubes are the same.

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[jckkys]

That's neither a Bronco or a Duff pan. It's a Fox and Panther car pan with a 1991 part number. These had the dip stick inserted through the '90s block's skirt, like yours. I would recommend a real EB pan that does have a dip stick mounting hole. They also have a single rear sump, so no drain plug over the front axle.

 

[jamesroney]

What block are you running? If you have an 86+ roller block, then you can run the dipstick into the block on the drivers side.

If you use the 65-70 Mustang / Fairlane dipstick in the timing cover, it will NOT read properly. It will tell you when it is full, but it will continue to indicate 1 quart low…even if the engine is empty. This is because the pool of oil in the front sump sits in a dead zone, and does not drain to the oil pump sump. That's why it has its own drain plug.

 

[76BroncoPete]

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[AZ73]

If you don't want your diff to smash your pan your might want to get a real Bronco pan.

 

[jckkys]

Agreed, the duel sump Fox/Panther car pan wasn't designed for EBs. So on full front suspension compression the differential will hit the pan. Real Bronco pans can be found by searching Mercruiser 188 here, https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...LH_TitleDesc=0&_odkw=Mercruiser+188&_osacat=0.

 

[PDQ]

So does this mean that the pans such as the ones Toms sells are not Bronco pans? Or maybe not the best for a Bronco? Or is there a subtle difference between these and the one in OP that I may be missing?

Thanks for the help

https://tomsoffroad.com/parts/66-77-ford-bronco-289-302-v8-oil-pan-kit

 

[76BroncoPete]

Thanks for the help guys. Just going to put my old bronco pan back on. I had the other pan sitting around and had never really been satisfied with with the way the dipstick tube setup with my headers on the original. I was looking for potential other options to solve a couple of issues all at the same time with things I had on hand. Appreciate y'all answering my question.

 

[AZ73]

So does this mean that the pans such as the ones Toms sells are not Bronco pans? Or maybe not the best for a Bronco? Or is there a subtle difference between these and the one in OP that I may be missing?

Thanks for the help

https://tomsoffroad.com/parts/66-77-ford-bronco-289-302-v8-oil-pan-kit

It doesn't look like the left rear of that pan is indented enough to compensate for the differential, but there's not a great picture of the left side. I would call and ask them. In reality your lift (and suspension stops) play a roll in the need for this clearance. My guess is anything greater than a 2.5" lift you'll be ok without it unless you're extreme articulating. 2.5" or lower, you're risking a hit to it with a speed bump taken faster than a crawl. My builder put the wrong pan on and I have a replacement I have to install still, but you can see how close the diff gets on a 2.5" lift (yeah, it's a little deeper sump, but you get the idea.