Hitting on all eight cylinders
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I'd like to clean the sludge out of the bottom of my oil pan and need to drop the pan. I don't know for sure if there is sludge but I want to make sure and clean if needed. I have a Ford shop manual and have done everything it mentions- all cap screws and 4 nuts removed, pickup tube nut at pump suction loosened (that end of the tube is free), nut loosened on the other end of the tube at the pan and #5 cylinder at TDC. The pan is loose and free from the four studs where the nuts fasten but will not come out. The bottom of the pan is contacting the chassis cross member- if the pan could come down a little further it would probably come out if it wasn't for the cross member. I hate to put the pan back on with the old gasket- the pan is really not far enough down for me to remove the old gasket. Anybody have any experience with oil pan removal on a car like this? Thanks!
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