[87stang 5.0]

1987 stang 5.0 5spd, my oil pressure wouldnt come up then i herd my lifters talking to me, pulled the distibuter and whoaa no oil pump shaft there, pulled the whole front end off and found the other end of the shaft in the pan, now i need to figure out how to fully remove the oil pan to remove the oil pump(im gonna get a FRPP high flow one) can i remove the pan without removing the whole engine, i already have a 2by four on each side under the engine mount but i need more room, any advice,

and while in there i might as well get a windage tray right? worth the money?

and im getting new motor mounts

 

[spdjnky_42]

Youll need to take off the driveshaft, crossmember,motor mounts, fan and radiator.Possibly the hood to,or lay it back. You dont have to pull all the way out but darn close. Put a jack under tranny tailshaft lift w/ puller and roll forward then jack up high enough to get the pan past the hump. Good luck! Sorry to hear about your problem that sucks. Dont forget about your electrical stuff too. If it were me I would consider dropping the member w/ the motor on a jack.

 

[StangLX93]

the engine is going to have to come out quite a bit, but dont use a highflow your stock pan is not going to be able to support the quanity of oil flow the high flow pump will producer, another words your going to starve your bottom end of oil, use a standard flow pump, but get a good strong part to enusure no breakage will happen again

 

[EagleAutosports]

The old oil pump lockup...
You'll have to raise it quite a bit, it'd actually be easier on you to just take it all the way out rather than wrestling with getting under the car, finagling the pan out, trying to stick a gasket on there and put it in position (while on your back) after stabbing in the dark to get the new pump and driveshaft in the right position. Then you get to fight each pan bolt (while on your back) past the gasket and then tightening them. The time involved doing it in the car is pretty much double, as is the aggravation and cussing you'll wind up doing, especially when going back with the parts. You'll be lifting it up far enough to pull it out anyway to take it over the fender, flip it over and take 10 minutes to swap the pump and put on the pan.

Oh yeah, hardened driveshaft time...

 

[87stang 5.0]

ok ill prob just pull the motor then

for the oil pump i was thinking of the FRPP #m6600d2 is that too much, i plan of building the motor up in the future

and a windage tray yay or nay

 

[new8514]

I have a high flow pump and have never had a problem with oil pressure, I find it hard to believe 5 quarts of oil would all be up inside the motor at once...

 

[EagleAutosports]

There's a high pressure and a high volume pump, make sure you get the right one.
A high volume pump will pump the pan dry... if you're at WOT for an extended period of time. Volume wise, the high volume pump has 20% more volume at a given rpm than a standard pump. With the oil level at full and at normal operation, I highly doubt it'd pull all of the oil out of the pan, it doesn't pull that much. As long as the engine's oil drain back passages are clear, it shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure you get a hardened oil pump driveshaft.

That's MY experience with high volume pumps, I haven't ever had one pump the pan dry nor have I ever seen anyone else's pan be pumped dry. *That's a disclaimer for those who will stomp around claiming it WILL pump it dry*