FML - seriously

[MrJohnWayne]

Originally Posted by Rob

Hey john, you arent mad are you??? :

not anymore...

Originally Posted by wriott

i think he was ****in PISSED.....

Si senor

[ianstew]

Originally Posted by bas157

just an FYI incase someone else has this problem and wants to try the same method, you can get one of those at Home Depot, they carry either Milwaukee or Ridgid brand, not sure which, maybe both brands.
Even saw Harbor Freight sells their cheap own version now.

any decent rental shop will rent them as well....

[choctaw]

Originally Posted by MrJohnWayne

there is a nut and the center piece. that center piece only comes out from the inside. that is what fell in the pan.

I gotta say that's one of Ford's "BETTER IDEAS"....................

[kinghawg98]

wow. how flippin retarded. it would have taken what, another 5 bucks per truck to just weld the bung into the pan?

[netpro]

Originally Posted by 2005F250

Big holesaw and welder. Cut a hole in pan, reach in and grab thing-a-ma-jig, and then weld hole shut. Sorry to hear about that. Hope you find a simple fix.

ummmmmmmm, wouldn't that kinda like catch fire ... you know .... oil, fire from welder etc.... seems kinda obvious to me .... but if it works what the heck....

[netpro]

Originally Posted by MrJohnWayne

I swear to whoever above that if i ever run across the stupid mother that designed the dipstick tube on the 7.3's I'm going to kick him in the ing head. Then I'm gonna find his parents and kick them in the ing head for raising such a complete IDIOT!

anyone got some dynamite I can have, or know of a good way to get the dipstick thing-a-ma-jig out of the oil pan without pulling the whole motor........

I'M WITH YOU ....COUNT ME IN LOL!

[netpro]

i've been givin this some thought and EUREKA i got it ... do like the other guy said .... use a steel hole saw 3 " approx big enuf to fit your hand in and fix the @!#$%^& thing... and then get another piece of metal circle 4 " round to cover the hole, and a metal bar with a bolt welded to the center ( that goes inside the pan like a drywall srew thingy ) and a gasket with rtv silicone and load it up good and srew the bolt tight and compress fitting ...

there you go !!! that's what i'm gonna do!!!

[netpro]

Originally Posted by 95superstroke

I've seen guys cut the cross member out, take the pan off and weld the cross member back together. Or you could just slap some duct tape over the hole and call it good

trust me ..... i really really thought of doing that ...but ....

1. how would i know how much oil i have ...
2. the thought of that thing bouncing around in oilpan kinda made me worried ....

[MrJohnWayne]

it is frustrating. I decided to use the scope becuase I really didn't want to chop up the oil pan. I'm gonna coat that nut in jb weld to help seal it as well as make it rock solid so it doesn't have the chance to back off again.

[DiamonD 550]

Originally Posted by choctaw

I gotta say that's one of Ford's "BETTER IDEAS"....................

Just realized my oilpan is leaking on my 00 7.3 550, i really didnt think i could hate ford truck anymore, then i bought one, now im wishing i had full coverage on the truck. WTF!!!!!!

i mean really? wtf were they thinking when they came up with this one.