MikeManer

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I hope you guys don't mind me posting in this section. I need to build a support of some type on a pallet to haul my LQ4 6.0 short block back to the house. Can someone tell me the width of the pan near the pan rail and how deep the pan is from the pan rail to the sump? I believe I will need to cut the support short on the oil filter side of the engine could someone give me a distance from the front of the oil pan to the oil filter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike

dlt76028

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just use a tire and a strap.

budhayes3

iTrader: (19)

+1, I've used this method many times

JakeBrakeIH

iTrader: (22)

Yep, no need to reinvent the wheel here...

budhayes3

iTrader: (19)

...or just pick the engine up and hold it on your lap while you drive

f4tal

iTrader: (8)

old tire and some racheting straps work more than good enough!

MikeManer

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Turns out this is one of those situations where the seemingly more complicated way is actually easier. I don't have an old unmounted tire,I do have a pallet with a box built on it already and a 2"x8"x8' waiting to be cut to act as the rails to support the oil pan rail. The trip home will be almost 300mi. and I would like to just drop it in place and forget about it until I get back. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Mike

budhayes3

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Gotcha...guess that you're going to have to get under there with a tape measure if nobody can come up with those measurements for ya huh...

94f150

Old tire. Ratchet straps. Garbadge bags and duct tape if it rains.

dirt track racer 81

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I was going to say this but figured id get flamed for it.. took my intake to a guy yesterday and he had an ls1 block in his back seat of his TA