# Question for all of you 'Fox Body' guys... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 16, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574 "2008-10-16T16:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/1 "2008-10-16T16:37:19Z")
Any trick to getting a lifter out of the oil pan of a 302 without lifting the motor and dropping the pan? I was doing a cam on a co-workers car and he missed one of the lifters, putting the new cam in, it fell down and landed on the crank. I rotated the crank by hand so it would drop into the pan. I’ve tried magnets, flexible grabbers, pretty much anything I can think of… I’m trying to avoid getting a hoist to lift the motor to take the pan off… :headbang ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/2 "2008-10-16T16:49:16Z")
No idea on that one. Ive had a bunch of shit happen to mine but never that. You should be able to get one of those engine lifters that goes across the strut towers to jack the motor up a bit to get the pan off. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/3 "2008-10-16T16:50:16Z")
hes trying to avoid taking the pan off. ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/4 "2008-10-16T16:53:12Z")
> [@PJB](#): > > No idea on that one. > Ive had a bunch of shit happen to mine but never that. > > You should be able to get one of those engine lifters that goes across the strut towers to jack the motor up a bit to get the pan off. You are a genius ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/5 "2008-10-16T17:01:51Z")
Paul, you’re an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/6 "2008-10-16T17:45:27Z")
Well I dont think theres a way to get it out without taking the pan off. It will probably be less trouble in the end anyway. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/7 "2008-10-16T17:50:33Z")
> [@PJB](#): > > Well I dont think theres a way to get it out without taking the pan off. > It will probably be less trouble in the end anyway. only way is to pull the pan even if ya get it after 5 hrs of fuckin around it will only take ya 2 or so to drop the pan :nod ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/8 "2008-10-16T18:19:50Z")
well ya’ll do knows when ya got that good ol 5’0 you needa lift er up in the air to drop em down that darn oil pan. i rember back when in the trailer park days we joosed to lift up da motor off are tree branch that we clamp-ed a winch toose. them rich folks would laugie at us wit der german maafya cars. only way to git-r -dun jimmay boy. -AL fredwrenryder ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/9 "2008-10-16T18:44:06Z")
i guess we’re picking up the hoist from his parents house tomorrow… :headbang ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/10 "2008-10-16T18:46:53Z")
> [@JiM P 2001](#): > > i guess we’re picking up the hoist from his parents house tomorrow… :headbang its not that bad to do blow out the mounts lower k frame a bit and all blots are there ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/11 "2008-10-16T18:59:27Z")
It’s just annoying because the cam install went from 3 hours to 3 days because Nick forgot to take out one of the lifters… ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/12 "2008-10-16T19:01:45Z")
> [@30r\_logik](#): > > well ya’ll do knows when ya got that good ol 5’0 you needa lift er up in the air to drop em down that darn oil pan. i rember back when in the trailer park days we joosed to lift up da motor off are tree branch that we clamp-ed a winch toose. them rich folks would laugie at us wit der german maafya cars. only way to git-r -dun jimmay boy. > > -AL fredwrenryder Any thread of respect I had for you is now gone, enjoy your serving of fail. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/13 "2008-10-16T19:10:59Z")
> [@JiM P 2001](#): > > It’s just annoying because the cam install went from 3 hours to 3 days because Nick forgot to take out one of the lifters… Don’t feel so bad. Kinda OT but my manifold swap went from 3-4 hours estimate to 13 hours. I got there (NYC) at 3:30 and was there till 4:30 and got home at 8am. I could barely drive straight…stopped at the first rest area on I-87 N outside the city for a 40 min nap. Lots of re-wiring and fuel line editing was involved. But it works…now. Good luck man. ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-for-all-of-you-fox-body-guys/239574/14 "2008-10-16T19:42:20Z")
Luckily it’s not my car, and it’s just a carbbed 302, it comes apart and goes together quickly… I just want to see this car do 10s on the 25th or 26th…