Miata Mailing List: May 1995, Message #99
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   From: dinsmoor%cfa4.DECNET@cfa.harvard.edu
Subject: RE: Hole in my MIATA!!!
   Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 10:21:03 -0400

>Oh, and does anybody have changed the oilpan by your self? 
 >I'm planning  do it by my self, but I'm not sure if its goona 
>be a lot of work or not.... Do I have to take any suspension 
>parts or other stuff before I access to OilPan?

I've never done it myself, but I think I read in either the 
Shop Manual or the Enthusiasts Manual that the engine
had to be pulled to replace the oil pan.  Bummer.

I smashed an oil pan on my '72 Pinto when I was young
and foolish (hey, I was driving a Pinto!)  Goofing around,
I pulled into the neighbor's (who didn't like me) driveway,
and smashed the pan and the pump on a one inch lip between
the sidewalk and the driveway.  Got halfway up the driveway
before I could stop.  It was a laugh a minute, down on my hands
and knees with a wire brush and a can of Gunk, trying to clean
up the mess.  Almost as humiliating as driving a Pinto!

Douglas Dinsmoor
Red '90 A
Cambridge, MA