Heading to the garage to clean off the oil, tighten the front pan bolts. Looked up service manual. 80 in-lb to crankcase, 55 in-lb to front cover. I also looked up removal/installation. The service manual says it can be done without removing the engine. Haha. What's your opinion on this? Abbreviated version...
Removal.
1. disconnect battery
2. remove distributor cap to prevent breaking it.
3. drain radiator, disconnect lower hose, remove oil dip stick and tube
4. remove fan blade.
5. raise vehicle, then drain engine oil.
6. remove through bolts from engine front mounts. Disconnect and remove starter.
7. for auto trans, remove converter housing underpan.
8. disconnect steering rod at idler level then swing steering linkage down for oil pan clearance. This may be a pivitol instruction!
9. rotate crankshaft until timing mark on torsional damper is at 6:00 o'clock position. Also another pivitol instruction, I suspect.
10. using a suitable jack and a block of wood to prevent damaging oil pan, raise engine enough to insert 2"x4" (5-1/2" long) wood blocks under engine mounts then lower engine onto blocks. There's a picture showing the 2x4's on top of the motor mounts with the top resting on the 5.5" 2x4's. Hard to describe.
11. remove oil pan.
