Choice of oil pumps

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by DWester

There are no baffles or any sign that one was there. Is that normal?

As mentioned in my previous post......

"Keep in mind though, "in many cases" (but not all) you will need to remove the center section of an oil baffle to clear the pick up tube & screen"

The reason I don't like to remove the complete baffle (if it's there at all), in addition to what Kube said, some will try to remove these baffles by peeling/pulling them from the sides of the oil pan. In many cases this will create a hole in the side of the oil pan at the spot welds. Just ask me how I know this from doing one this way when I was young and foolish .