oil pan

Drop the center bolt in crossmember and the steering draglink and it is all gravy from there.

I did this in a small block car... I don't know how yours differs.

Undo both engine mounts, jack the motor up. Support it with wood blocks under the mounts to keep it up.
After that, the worst part was that the oil pump had to be removed before the pan would come totally out. I had to undo the bolts with the pan dropped, and then set the pump in the pan. At that point it all came right out.
To go back, I had to put the pump in the pan, set it in place, then bolt the pump back with the pan hanging down.
Let the engine down and re-stick the mounts.
That worked for me. I suppose I could have dropped steering and/or the crossmember.
Dave

Hehehe. I should be an expert on this (for all the wrong reasons). I did mine three times in a week...DOH!

Here's the whole sordid story: http://www.edbert.net/oilpan.htm

There are many ways to replace it,
But the easiest way is to remove the cross member, pull the 2 bolts from the idler arm link which will allow it to swing back out of the way some and remove the pan straight down.
I you have a 1/4 in drive socket set you don't even have to remove the starter.


PB

Ps. the is a timing cover on ebay with a 5/14 pot date for sale.