Having a hell of a time trying to find an oil pan for my 84 D250 440 swap.

It needs to be a 2wd; 4wd is front sump and won't work.

Any ideas?

 

What about from an older full size passenger car?

 

I'm not sure if the 2wd truck and the car used the same crossmember location?

I just found a site that carries the right pan but they are $100! Wish I could find one in the boneyard :/

 

I don't think the car pan will work, I put a 400 BB from a car into a 2wd truck and the truck needed a rear sump but the car had a middle sump. I actually had to splice the top of one oil pan (that fits the motor) to one that had the sump in the right location. It was a real pain but I was on a budget and parts weren't as available then (1986 or 87) as they are now. Also I had not even seen the internet at that time. Good luck, mine was a fun toy and very dependable.

 

So if the 2wd and 4wd trucks were rear sump, and cars were mid sump... wth is my front sump pan from (besides Winnebagos)??

 

I might be remembering wrong (It was 20+years ago) so the front sump might be for the 2wd. Sorry for any confusion, I just remember that I ended up making an oil pan for it because I could not find one that worked.

 

But I have a 2wd (84 D250) and it's a rear pan setup. I was told the 4wd was the front sump?

 

I think that might be right. I do remember that the 4wd and 2wd were different. At that time I found several 4wd pans but no 2wd. Good luck. Have you found the big block motor mounts and the exhaust manifolds?

 

I'm using the mounts from the RV; they bolted right in and everything lines up.

I went with some nice full length headers for the exhaust. I'll be running true duals down the outsides of the frame.

 

Usually the 4wd are a rear sump. With a front sump in a 4wd, the sump will be positioned directly over the front axle tube - one good bounce and there goes your pan/pickup tube.