Different Oil Pans

[ylbill]

I bought an oil pan off ebay to replace my dented pan. The pan came, it was the correct pan, but it was as dented as the one I had on the car. I notified the seller and he said he would send out another pan, which I just received. I opened the box and checked out the pan. It looked in great condition, but this pan has the straight flange, no little jog, which I believe is for earlier year cars. Now I think I'm just going to try and sell both of the pans and order a new one. Can someone tell me which pan is for which vehicles or is there somewhere I can verify this information for selling purposes? Thanks

[baltobernie]

The style changed in mid-1976, engine number 430995/6. Earlier one is straight, later has the jog.

Why don't you fix the one you have? Cut the baffle free, pound out the dent, tack-weld the baffle back in to place (or have somebody do it for you). The weld is inside and invisible, and the pan is going to get nicked and dinged eventually?

[ylbill]

The style changed in mid-1976, engine number 430995/6. Earlier one is straight, later has the jog.

Why don't you fix the one you have? Cut the baffle free, pound out the dent, tack-weld the baffle back in to place (or have somebody do it for you). The weld is inside and invisible, and the pan is going to get nicked and dinged eventually?

Thanks for the info on when the pan design changed. Yes, I would have done that, but my car was originally equipped with Turbo, which adds another hole in the side of the pan, which at this time is just plugged off. I figured I'd get a pan without the hole to eliminate any leaking from there , which I am dealing with now. I may do that with the bent one the guy sent me. Thanks

[manoa matt]

I was faced with a similar problem a little while ago. I had a later block with the two bolts offset and needed a pan. I did not specify when I bought a used one. I recieved an early pan with the bolt holes in line. I just cut the turned up flange at the two bolt holes, bent it flat, welded up the existing holes and redrilled new offset holes.

I don't know why Fiat offset the holes on later blocks as the pan itself is not bumped out in that area and early and late 1800 blocks have the same dimensions.