6 quart oil pan

[Sal R.]

If I go ahead and install powder steering on my 65 365 will I have to remove the 6 quart oil pan. Thanks Sal

[Donald T.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

Sal,

Yes, you will need a 5 qt oil pan to provide clearance. The 6 qt will interfere with the power steering assembly.

[Joe L.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

Sal,

Yes, you will need a 5 qt oil pan to provide clearance. The 6 qt will interfere with the power steering assembly.

Donald and Sal-----


...and the good news is the 5 quart pan is available in an excellent reproduction; the 6 quart pan is not. So, the "direction that one wants to go" is from 6 quart to 5 quart; not 5 quart to 6 quart.

[Loren L.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

And the question in 1965 gets to be "When Chevrolet got around to making their 3rd announcement about the availabiltiy of PS with the L76 and L79", were ALL of those engines from that point built with the smaller pan? #23561 was L79, TI & PS and had the small pan.

[Donald T.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

And the question in 1965 gets to be "When Chevrolet got around to making their 3rd announcement about the availabiltiy of PS with the L76 and L79", were ALL of those engines from that point built with the smaller pan? #23561 was L79, TI & PS and had the small pan.

Loren,

I'm not sure about early 65 L79, and some may very well have come with the 6 qt. pan. However, L76 was the solid lifter version and retained the 6 qt. pan through the end of the model year, when the option was dropped for 66.

[Mark F.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

If I go ahead and install powder steering on my 65 365 will I have to remove the 6 quart oil pan. Thanks Sal

Sal
Something to consider if you car is investment grade. When you install PS to your 365 hp car, the lock washers that are part of the hardware will scuff the inside channel of your frame and the bracket will leave marks on the exterior side of the frame. Down the road, if you chose to sell the car, people in the know could possibly have issues with these marks and challenge the validity of a 365 hp car. Just something to think about.

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[Sal R.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

Yes Mark that is true but God the car is so hard to drive with out powder steering.May be I have to sell her and get something I can enjoy,can only wax her so many times.
Thanks guys

[Stuart F.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

Sal;

Is your steering set up like my 63 with the two positions for the tie rod ends? If so, do you have it set in the fast (inner) position or slow (outer) position? I have always had mine set up for fast steering (big deal), so I don't know if the slow position would help much. I always figured it would be a good way to keep women away from wanting to drive the car, Ha! And you know how they mob you for a ride, right?!

Mine improved a great deal with radials at driving speeds, but slow/stop speed turning is still a bear. Being an old guy, I think of it as macho like the truck drivers of old 30's and 40's.

Stu fox

[Sal R.]

Re: 6 quart oil pan

Your funny. I will try to change the steering rods hope that will help.
Thank you so much for your time
Sal Rinaldi