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Old 12-31-2020, 02:41 PM   #12
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Default Re: 1949 & 50 Merc oil pan question.

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Originally Posted by 19Fordy View Post
V8: I wonder if the large drain plug pan shown will provide as much cleance for drag link
as the Merc pan when installed on cars that are severely 'raked" using a dropped axle, dropped steering arms. Might have to modify the pan.
You mean like this one?


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Philo didn't specifically say what car this was going into, although he said he's using a '33 trans, so MAYBE a '33 Ford? If so, the drag link goes to the front, left spindle outside the frame. I've seen '35 and '36 Fords that can have a problem with pan clearance IF the car still has it's original steering box. If it has been modified to use a '37 and later steering box, the Pitman arm sits lower in relation to the engine/pan, and the drag links seem to have no clearance issues. The last picture with the orange pan is Heard's '36 3-window with LATE steering box, AND a dropped axle. DD


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