Anyone here ever replaced/repaired the oilpan on a 603? Thing One just bashed Sybill's oilpan into something as he was parking and it's now leaking like a sieve....AAA has been called and the beast is getting hauled home as we speak.

Arrrgh!!!!!

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Yipes...that really bites...

I've never done one, but if I can be of any help, let me know ! ! !

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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No lie..apparently, the 603's OP is part of the bellhousing.

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Yipes...that's not cool.....not at all.....sounds like Thing One has some work to perform....

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
1984 W126 300SD (356,800 miles) Gone to the wrenchapart
1984 W123 300D Gone to the wrenchapart
1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
1986 Buick Grand National 3.8l Turbo (86k miles)
1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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uh oh

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Jim

I'll be watching for info because I might have to replace one.

P E H

I guess one thing to be thankful of is the type of rear main seal that engine has versus the packing.

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Jim

although some here have changed pans wo pulling the engine, you have to jack it up really high to do so. i would be leery of damaging lines and wires. conventional wisdom is that it is an engine out task.

sorry.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Partial DIY pictoral of 603 oil pan R&R


Torque specs for 603 upper oil pan



Well, rest assured, I'm an idiot!



Good luck.

Randy, Randy, Randy..................
Ever wonder why some animals eat their youth......

If ever there was a more aptly named car, I can't think of it.
I hope the trip went smoother than life back here seems to be.

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

in my youth - i bottomed out an 81 300D and cracked the oilpan - i cleaned it after draining it (didnt remove it) and used jb weld to seal it - it held well afterwards and never leaked. cost $4.

john

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1978 280CE Astral Silver now 59,xxx miles and counting "Silber-Kugel"
1986 300E Black Pearl Metallic 143,xxx miles 5-spd daily driver w/ blk leather "Schwarz-Schönheit"
1989 190E 2.6 (euro) 5-spd Desert Taupe 112,xxx kms Had to leave behind in Germany!!! "Helga"
1983 300D Pastel Beige now 312,xxx + miles SOLD

OBK#24

Any chance of insurance company repairing it without raising premiums? Or like myself you have no comprehensive or collision on these cars? I can almost visulise that rock falling off the dumptruck ahead of me with no visible licence plate.

I wouldn't discount this at all. Some years ago (28 ) I repaired a cracked waterjacket on a chevy 235 with marinetex - great stuff, and nowadays they have a high strength version. As you know, 95% of that job and it's success is surface prep.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.

First of all, this could have happened to anybody. It had absolutely nothing to do with Thing One's driving skills.

After the fun with AAA, last night we had Sybill towed to the house and cleaned the damaged area of the oilpan, exposing the fractured front right corner of the sump. Removing the sump extention, allowed us to examine the inside of the pan for loose pieces and to determine the extent of damage too. ...considering that it is a major undertaking to remove the pan, I elected to check in with a long time friend and welder fantastique, Jim Van Krennigen, who has a heliarc shop here in River City to see if he could weld the cracks shut in-situ. I took some digital pics and was a Jim's shop bright and early this am...after a review and discussion, the good news is that he can fix it (well actually, his right hand man, Jesus will be doing the work) without removing the pan. The bad news is that there won't be room in his shop until the week of the 14th.

So, she sits until then.

Let this be a warning to anyone with a 603: watch out for tall curbs in parking lots... the oil sump on the 603 engine sticks out like Dudley DoRight's chin, just asking for a bump (it was obvious that this wasnt the first curb it has touched too). It is a stupid design and IMHO, is simply another example of how engineering and longevity have taken a back seat at DB since the end of the W123's run.

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ROFLMAO! You're a riot!

This car cost me $650 and comprehensive premiums are something like $1000/yr.

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