Take my advice before you go and pull the engine out. Its not a big deal to remove the oil pan to replace the gasket. All you need to do is first jack up all 4 corners of the car, (IT'S JUST EASIER TO WORK UNDER THE CAR). Remove all of the oil pan bolts, then remove the oil pick up tube, placing it in the pan. Loosen both engine and tranny mounts, then use a floor jack to take the weight of the engine off the motor mounts. Then you will need to remove the nuts on both motor mount, and tranny support bracket but not the ones attatched to the frame. Now that the engine is free, raise the engine high enough to slip the oil pan out. If I left out anything you'll have to forgive me since it has been at least a year from my last oil pan drop. Hope this helps you, and let me know if there is any problems.
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[This message has been edited by bcinyuz (edited 07-10-2001).]
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