I had seen a thread awhile ago talking about problems with the rjc deep oil pan. Has any one installed on lately and know if the problems have been resolved? Also how much ground clearence do you have? Pics would be awesome, thanks guys.
1) Check your oil pump to pan clearance. Be sure to install the cork gskt while doing this!
Ideally, Oil pump clearance should be 1/4" to 1/2" from bottom of pan. I would suggest putting some saran wrap to cover the oil pick up and then apply some modeling clay / plastisene / silly putty on edge of oil pick up. Install oil pan & gskt (finger tight).....remove oil pan, then measure the compressed modeling clay....voila you have your installed measurement.
Just so you know, when I used this method to check mine with the only extension block I got (bought mine used from a member), I found my oil pump pick up clearance to be over .700".
2) While your oil pan is installed, turn the crank over several revolutions by hand with a Johnson bar making sure it turns freely with no interfernce or binding.....you want to be sure that your crank throws do not touch / scrape the pans internal baffle plate. Have heard some do . To remedy this you will need to use your hammer to dent it or remove and relocate the baffle 1/4" deeper in the pan , then weld back in place.
3) Have heard the cadmium plating on the inside of pan may flake off. Might be a good idea to media blast the inside of pan surface to eliminate this possibility.
I was lucky to find that the used oil pan I bought from a member already had the oil pan baffle lowered, was media blasted clean on the inside & was powder coated black on the outside of the pan.
Use the search button....there are a few threads on the topic.
dave
