Thread: Chevy 4.3 V6 oil pan question

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Now if only you guys could figure out how to size your pictures soooooo it wasn't like a wide view of 60 days around the world.Ya know,not all of us have a 60" wide screen TV for a monitor.

Old guys like me just get threw looking at one part of the pix's and by the time I get to the end of it,I forgot what was on the first part.

Again, I apologize for being so "Digitally Challenged". I won't attempt to post any photos on this page of the thread, so maybe it will stay the proper size.
I truly am sorry, I post photos on the 'net all the time, and AFAIK, this is the ONLY website I have problems with...I've gone back and looked at some of my other posts on other forums, and the photos are fine.
Thanks for all the help, and the patience with my downloading dumb-ness.
BTW, I know know that the engine is a 1997, according to the block casting numbers, it was from a 1996-1998, it is a Vortec, and according to the previous owner that pulled it out of his Model A Coupe, it came in the coupe as a 1997 crate motor.
So now, I gotta find, a steel oil pan, preferably with a more shallow sump, and the pickup to go with it, that will interchange with the aluminum pan that is on it now.

I'm not sure how deep this pan is, but you could call and ask then compare it to your current one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dorma...Q5fAccessories

Don

Don't know if this will fit but CFR Performance has chrome ones.

http://www.cfrperformance.com/1986_9..._p/hz-7466.htm

I can't seem to find out if the 1998 and older steel oil pans interchange with my 1997 unit....nobody seems to know,and our local Chevy dealer was less than no help at all...
I'll keep plugging away, thanks for all the help so far, gentlemen...

My recollection is that 95 down is the same (to a certain year, anyway) and that 96 up is the same. Don't hold me to that, but when I was building that boat motor the original was a 95 engine and the replacement was a 97, so some stuff, like the pan, didn't fit. When I was researching it I learned in 96 Chevy went to the balance shaft motor and lots of parts were different.

But I am doing that from 12 year old memory, and I can't even remember what I had for dinner last night.

Don

Dave,
Do you need to go to a steel pan? If so you can put pan from a '86-'93 on a '96-'2005 by just drilling a couple of holes. You can't use a '85 pan because it used a 2 piece rear seal.
Do you need a steel pan, cause a shallow aluminum pan from a '96-2005 4x2 Blazer/Jimmy or S-10/S-15 will work also, and be less work (drilling) you don't need to use the braces to the tranny for your setup.

Sent you a pm also.

Pat

Don and Pat, THANK YOU for the responses. It sounds as though the path of least resistance would be to find the 4x2 Blazer/Jimmy/S-10 /S-15 pan and pickup, as it sounds as though it's pretty much a bolt-on operation.
I managed to get an oil pan off a 1991 4.3, and I can see right off the bat it isn't going to fit.