This pan was used on later 5.0L engines, and yes gives more clearance.
It also has 2 drain plugs, and the O is where a low oil measurement
device is screwed in. You can convert this to turn off engine if oil is
too low as a safety device.
Larry
lgooch wrote:
>The oil pan on my 89 302 looks sort of like the drawing. The deep part of the
>pan is in the rear. I notice the original 260 pan has the deep end at the
>front. Looks like there is a line coming out where the O is that will need to
>be closed. But question is can this pan be used and wouldn't this give more
>front clearance?
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