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Old Oct 9, 2016 | 09:18 PM
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Ever since my wrenchin' days back in the 70's, I always took pride in my engine building abilities. I used to say I would never trust an engine that I did not build. Time and time again, I am forced to deal with Bubba's handi-work. The PO said the engine was professionally built. Since the oil needed to be changed and the oilpan looked a bit rough, I decided to change the oil pan out today. And what do I find...



I guess welding lessons are in order.

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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 01:24 AM
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At least your oil never ran low. Would have been exciting if you did a lot of auto crossing. You wonder how many pickups are banging around the bottom of SBC oil pans.
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Just another example of bad design by GM. Bubba working at GM must have thought it was a good idea to tack weld the pickup instead of a threaded nut design like many of the older cars .
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