Hey all, I need some advice from those with prior experience and some suggestions for alternatives.
I own a 93 F150 with the inline 4.9 with 110,000 miles which will need a new oil pan, it's pretty rusty and it's just a matter of time before it decides to leak all over the place.
Obviously, if it was an easy pan replacement, it would be a no-brainer and i'd get under the truck and do it myself, but it's not.
But unfortunately removing the oil pan requires the engine to be lifted at least partway, unbolting the transmission along with whatever else is attached and in the way.
So here is my problem.
I don't have the time or space to do it myself so I would take it to the local shop to have it done.
I know with this age and miles on the truck something is going to break and/or it'll be the old adage that, 'well since we have the engine out we might as well replace this, this and that'.
The body is in good shape, it'll probably last another 10 years and I've got a 4runner that can haul just about anything. I live in the DC/NOVA so I don't used the truck that much anymore.
So these are my options;
A) Replace oil pan and whatever else needs replacing while it's out. My mechanic said it's about a 5 or 6 hour job, it'll probably be $600 optimistically, but at the end of the day I won't be surprised to see a bill for $1,500 after we get into it.
B) Remanufactured engine
C) Sell truck
Has anyone had experience changing the oil pan on these things? Is it as labor intensive as the reviews make it out to be?
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks.
I own a 93 F150 with the inline 4.9 with 110,000 miles which will need a new oil pan, it's pretty rusty and it's just a matter of time before it decides to leak all over the place.
Obviously, if it was an easy pan replacement, it would be a no-brainer and i'd get under the truck and do it myself, but it's not.
But unfortunately removing the oil pan requires the engine to be lifted at least partway, unbolting the transmission along with whatever else is attached and in the way.
So here is my problem.
I don't have the time or space to do it myself so I would take it to the local shop to have it done.
I know with this age and miles on the truck something is going to break and/or it'll be the old adage that, 'well since we have the engine out we might as well replace this, this and that'.
The body is in good shape, it'll probably last another 10 years and I've got a 4runner that can haul just about anything. I live in the DC/NOVA so I don't used the truck that much anymore.
So these are my options;
A) Replace oil pan and whatever else needs replacing while it's out. My mechanic said it's about a 5 or 6 hour job, it'll probably be $600 optimistically, but at the end of the day I won't be surprised to see a bill for $1,500 after we get into it.
B) Remanufactured engine
C) Sell truck
Has anyone had experience changing the oil pan on these things? Is it as labor intensive as the reviews make it out to be?
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks.