Reply to "Call for help 1 hour North of the SanFrancisco Bay Area (Santa Rosa)"

Thanks everyone so very much!

My neighbor, Chuck, owns a Pantera as well, I've bugged him for years saying "I'm going to get one of these, I have XXX saved so far" and I know he's a very busy guy and didn't want to bother him, but as luck would have it, he came over and offered to help me with getting the pan off.

SO, tomorrow, my mission is to buy jackstands, fender covers, a long 1/4" extension and universal, and a tub to dump 10 quarts of oil.

Chuck said then he'd help me get the pan off.

I'd taken it as far as I could with what knowledge I have of the car, and then I popped my chest bone apart today under the car trying to loosen big bolts, so I was/am freaking out. The pump/pan will tell the story, and I can't wait to hopefully find something simple stuck in the pump, and have nothing beyond that wrong with the motor, and be back on the road.

Hopefully the pan will be out with Chuck's help in a day or 2. I have the new pump in, ready to pick up. If all goes well I'll be buttoning up my car, vacuming the carpet, reinstalling the firewwall, with my fire breathing engine running smoothly, and then I'll live happily ever after.

Chuck is DA MANG! I'll be indebted to him for his help.

I just need to settle down, I'm on the verge of a breakdown, so Chuck helping me get my oil pan off and we'll know what to do next in a day or 2.