Hi All
I have just realised that I have a Moroso oil pan looks standard but apparently has 6 quarts volume. Does any one know if these oilpans have any ident number on them visible from outside. I have the car a year now and did an oil change but only filled the standard all out 5 liter. I need to know if I actually need to fill more oil into that pan. sounds stupid but I still discover new things on my car every day.
greats Ulli
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Moroso makes more than one pan for a 351C. If you have the stock dipstick fill to the full indication on the stick.
I looked at their website and yes I saw that they have more then one for 351C and the one I have looks very close to the
Steel, Wet Sump, 6 Quart Capacity, 8-1/4" Deep
Engine Application: 351C and 351M
Fits: Most Chassis Stock Replacement
Part # 20557
regards Ulli
For ANY oil pan you have installed, filling to the full mark on your oil dipstick will fill that oil pan correctly
Larry
dipstick from most of the Pantera's are not correct.
6qrt=5.7 liter , ad some extra drips for new oilfilter.
Simon
Ford recommended adding 6 qts in the STOCK oil pans. Plus about 1 qt more for all frFordesh oil filters.This was because of the potential for high rpms (above 6000), and the large stock oil pump volume, with poor drainback from the heads & lifter chamber. This is for all THREE stock oil pans- all will starve bearings in sharp turns on a stone stock Pantera.
The stock dipstick is fine, mostly. There was a SMALL run of mis-calibrated Pantera dipsticks done in 1971 when Ford/DeTomaso changed the dipstick from an inaccessible front mounted unit to the extended type with brazed spring- (see TSB listings; all done by an outside contractor for Ford. Length specs are mentioned). Most have been fixed in the ensuing 50(!) years.
The 3 possible Ford oil pans for ANY Clevelands are:
1- a plain bucket with NO baffles. Most were on non-performance Clevelands and the 351-M
2- a horizontal baffle in the sump around the oil pump pickup- most Panteras got these
3- a horizontal baffle plus a rudimentary crank scraper on the sloping part of a 351-HO and Boss 351 engines. Note- you CANNOT tell the stock pans apart from the outside. If you believe everything you read, Boss and 351-HO pans were (usually) date stamped on the sump side before painting so there hard to see.
