I am installing a 68 Mustang 289 in a 1942 ford p/u and need a rear sump oil pan to clear the IFS. Will need to change pickup and dip stick to pan variety. Anybody have experience with this or similar application? Suggestions?
Check Morroso they have about every pan you can think of, bought a few over the years for some drag projects off of them.
A 302 pan for a Crown Vic or big Ford in the '80's will work on a 289. You do realize there is still a little hump up front to clear the oil pump?
I'm in the process of putting a 90 lincoln 5.0 in a 1940 ford, and fortunately it had the more or less rear sump oil pan. The engine may be a little higher than a SBC would, but it really made the project easy. Don't forget you will need the long oil pickup tube, and also the special stud bolt for the tube hanger, to replace one of the center cap bolts. TP
Fox body 'stangs have a double hump deal but just might work for you. The early '66-77 Bronco might give you more clearance. Broncos used a riveted boss into the side of the pan for the dipstick tube and was a source for a leak.
They were front sump. Any of the following Fox-body Mustang (79-95) 80's-90's Crown Vic and Merc Grand Marquis Lincoln RWD Continental Lincoln Mark VII Possibles.... F150 E150 Bronco's
Most of the early rear sump pans had that riveted dipstick tube. I worked at a Ford dealer in 79 and 80 and we changed a lot of those pans.
Ive got bronco oil pan out of 72 complete if interasted . $50.00 plus shipping. the front sump were the oil pump sitts is 5 3/4 and the rear sump is 8 1/4 if I remember correctly.
Since Ford has the oil pump at the front of the engine (driven from the distributor), it is impossible to find a true "rear sump" pan for a SBF. As already mentioned, the Fox body ('78-94 midsize car and Mustang) "double sump" pan is about as close you will get. The truck and van pan is close. Also as mentioned before, the pickup is pan-specific, so snag that, as well as one of the engine main bolts that is a stud for the pickup. The dipstick location is on the block or pan for this sump design, not the timing cover. This is the stuff you'll need:
Got gas is correct and I see a lot of other answers here that are Wrong. You need a pan that looks like what Gotgas has posted. I used a 78 150 pan that I purchased new from a parts warehouse then ran around looking for the correct SCREW IN dipstick. The dipstick is hard to find or you have to buy a Lokar for $60.00. What a lot of the suggestion above forget is the dipstick location. Yours needs to be plugged after you switch pans. Good luck, and do it right the first time. Trust me on this one.
Use a late factory oil pan and pickup from a 79 or newer 302 in a crown victoria. That will solve your problems. The front will still be a little deeper because the oil pump is in the front, but this shold help a whole lot
Will not work for him. He needs a Van pan with a dipstick hole in the side of the pan. Crown Vic is in the side of the block.
This is a rear sump pan on a 302 cubic inch engine from an 86 Ford Econoline van. It measures approximately 4 3/4" to 5" from the mounting rail to to the bottom of the pan at the front of the block. Hope this helps you.
As above stated supplier will work but remember that there will be a small "front" sump to accomodate the oil pump. There is also a drain plug in that sump that can be a bitch to access for oil draining, especially with a stock early Ford crossmember.
The Jalopy Journal
