Gated oil pan help

Sandy wrote:

Here's the one I found in the 73 pan,and yes it did have the original walls in that area.I could clearly see where they were ground away...

Thanks for the pic. Looks like I have a new winter project.

the hinge type would be better as it will allow full movement of oil back the other way toward the pump.

Here's another example of what NOT to do:

Gated Pan Auction

I don't see how this would work very well...

I wonder if that is a typical gate that was installed backwards, or if the two flaps of the gate are fixed together so that the whole thing is supposed to pivot around the hinge pin? Either way, it doesn't look like it would work on a regular basis. :huh:

The single bolt one kano posted has worked forever in old Z motors. I installed mine at least 20 years ago and I haven had any problems. It was just a cut down hinge I bought at a hardware store! lol

i bought this one off ebay a while back....cleaned it up and redid gate mount.....had about 2 lbs of silicone around it.....its going on in a week or three along with a pump that had 9k on it....i m kind of curious as to what i find when i drop the pan on 33k bottom end.....

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Instead of putting the screw through the bottom of the pan and having to silicone around the screw and/or possibly having a leaker around the screw, I used a very small screw and bolted it into the boss around the filter hole. Cleaner look and don't have to worry about a leak. Just make sure the screw isn't too long.

racer54 wrote:

Instead of putting the screw through the bottom of the pan and having to silicone around the screw and/or possibly having a leaker around the screw, I used a very small screw and bolted it into the boss around the filter hole. Cleaner look and don't have to worry about a leak. Just make sure the screw isn't too long.

good tip......

Another way to install that I just don't see working - no way this would even help: