Paul rather than drop the tranny, I would rather put the body on jack stands, hook a cherry picker on the engine and drop the k member down a little to get the final clearance needed, I have never tried it this way, but can not think of any reason it would not work In a message dated 12/5/2008 3:16:55 P.M. Central Standard Time, pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx writes: I need to change the oil pan that was installed on my engine during the recent rebuild. It is a generic 8qt. pan that hangs @ 3/4" lower than my old pan. The problem is that it drags going in and out of my driveway as well as on other things like speed bumps. It drug one too many times and now has a hole. My question is how far do I have to raise the engine in order to wiggle it out of there? Will I have to unbolt the tranny and basically pull it all the way out? Or can I leave it bolted up and just undo the exhaust and some of the other misc. items? Paul L. '63 Sport Fury 440/727 http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.