Stuck oil pan

[Bill from Scotland]

I need to remove the oil pan on my Massey 97 MM 705 to replace a bent rod. I know its a heavy pan so I have made up a frame (attached to a trolley jack) to support the pan when I finally get it off. My problem is I now have all the bolts out but the pan it stuck solid with the gasket seal. Seems real difficult to get any leverage on the pan to break the seal. Has anyone any ideas of how to get it free without damage?
Thanks
Bill

 

[molinegb]

Have you removed oil filter cover,filter and inner cannister that connects to oil pump?

 

[Curtis Rink]

If everything has been removed including the things at the oil pressure adjustment, a putty knife or something with at thin blade can be worked between the pan and crankcase just above the frame rails.

 

[go mo]

Massy 97 doesent have the filter in the pan or the adjusment in the side of the pan. I usually throw a couple of tires on the ground under the tractor make sure all the bolts are out and smack it on the sump with a sledge. Have taken off literlly hundreds this way and never damaged one yet.

 

[LW]

GO MO, But what do you do when they are full of ice?

 

[go mo]

I watch the other guy hug the heater and wait for the ice to melt.

 

[LW]

Ice doesn't melt at 4deg!And my skin is to thin to be a ice chipper.