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- Subject: How I Spent My Weekend -- Some Hard Lessons Learned?
- From: "Peter F. Ferris" <pferris@domain.elided>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 23:12:14 -0500
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Howdy All,
I'll try to make this short and sweet, and see if anyone can shed some light
on this.
Recently I bought a 345 motor (formerly in a '73 Scout, I believe). The
thought was that this would replace the original 345 motor (1972 1010 T-All)
which suffered a catastrophic death at the hand (and foot) of the previous
owner.
To begin with, I swapped the valve covers from my T-All to the Scout motor
('long fill neck' - previous thread on this subject!). So far so good. Next,
I installed the T-All mounts, and watched them crumble and dissolve...
Then, after an initial install attempt, I noticed that the Scout oil pan was
different. The Scout pan appeared to be "camel style" (two humps, sorry! ;-
)). With a section designed to accommodate a front differential, etc. (between
the two humps). Well, "No prob" sez I. I'll just use my old T-All pan. No
go! Not only is the different style pan (and longer pick-up) preventing
proper motor seating in the engine compartment (one of the humps is hitting my
cross member, preventing proper seating/positioning), but also, AND THIS IS
THE "GOOD PART" - *** THE BOLT PATTERN BETWEEN PANS IS DIFFERENT ***, and the
length of pans appears to be significantly different!! Whooops! Now what?!
The only suggestion I've heard so far is to try to find someone locally to
fabricate a pan to fit (chop/modify the Scout pan). Does anyone else in the
digest audience have any experience or bright ideas on this?! I presumed the
bolt pattern would have been the same. Not so. Looks like I'm in for some
metal fab before it's all said & done! IF this is the route I have to go,
anyone care to wager a guesstimate price of what would be reasonable? Or is
there another fix, like maybe another pan from a something else (maybe a 4x4
Travelall, or whatever).
Anyone else ever experience this (Y'all probably know better than I do, to
begin with! %^/ ). This little snag prevented final install into the T-all.
:-<
Oh yeah! Anyone know where I can get some T-All motor mounts, and how much $?
Mine are shot, and this'll be as good a time as any to replace 'em! Would NAPA
still be able to get these? I'll call in a.m.!
If there's anyone here that'd like to give me a professional estimate for this
work (the pan or mounts!), I'd appreciate hearing from you ("offline" via e-
mail).
Any OTHER issues I might face sticking a Scout motor into a Travelall? Up
until now, I thought a 345 was a 345 was a 345...
Thanks for the help and letting me cry on your shoulder!
Later,
--Pete
pferris AT ionet.net
peter.ferris AT wcom.com
1972 Travelall 1010, 345, auto tranny.
To be running "Real Soon Now" I Hope!