oil pan problems

motomatt383 · Post by **motomatt383** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:29 pm

i touched on this the other day, went to jam the pan on my magnum motor tonite & found a huge gap in the rear. the space between the rear main cap & the pan are about 1/2". i'm going to cut the back out of my stock pan & graft the piece out the magnum pan, unless someone has a better idea. so talk to me, i'm gonna cut it tomorrow otherwise.
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matt

JimE · Post by **JimE** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:34 pm

Looks like the problem a person would have trying to put a 360 pan on a 318 block. Been there, done that, know better now. Are you trying to put on a pan from an externally balanced engine? Looks like it. Jim

motomatt383 · Post by **motomatt383** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:50 pm

the engine i took out of my truck is the original 318(i'm sure its a 318) the engine going in is a 5.2 liter magnum. double checked the numbers & neither engine was externally balanced

HELP!!!!!!!
matt

JimE · Post by **JimE** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:40 pm

I have heard that some of the magnum parts won't cross over. This may be one. Jim

Jeffc · Post by **Jeffc** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:28 am

Well I belive that I said that they should swap, WRONG.
so I'm eating my words.

The 360 and 318 mag pans will swap with any
LA 360 with the right gasket,
but not with the old LA318 or A318.

Post by **cowboy** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:16 am

yep it wont fit , I can see that in the pic's , looks about like the 318 to 360 pan swap , but tran's mount looks about right as the older ones

motomatt383 · Post by **motomatt383** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:08 pm

that trans mount is a story in itself. i went everywhere in search of it. then i researched the part # on our site, went to the oldest dodge dealer near me. and they had one on the shelf, dated 09/12/1982.

matt

JJ · Post by JJ » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:09 pm

Mopar performance usually has pan sets with pickup and dipstick pretty resonable.

JimE · Post by **JimE** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:31 pm

motomatt383 wrote:that trans mount is a story in itself. i went everywhere in search of it. then i researched the part # on our site, went to the oldest dodge dealer near me. and they had one on the shelf, dated 09/12/1982.

matt

Amazing how the old timers work. Jim

steveinaz · Post by **steveinaz** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:43 am

I think moroso makes the spacers. I've used them.

motomatt383 · Post by **motomatt383** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:21 am

spacers!!!! i didn't think to look for those. i researched it & didn't find anyone who makes a front sump pan for a magnum block.

matt

Cageman · Post by **Cageman** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:57 am

Is your truck auto or manual?

artfulldodger · Post by **artfulldodger** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:38 am

My friend ran a regular LA318 car pan on his 318 magnum for 4 years in a Valiant. The engine is now in his son's Volare. I never asked him what year the car pan was from, but I don't think it should matter.
Tom