Just a thought, perhaps you could buy/find/fab a very shallow oil pan and do some sort of an external reservoir rather than hacking out the front axle.

BTW, this is a really cool swap. If I had a DD and my wife's van was fixed and I had a garage at home, I'd be doing a 4.3l swap right now.


1990 Montero RS (In pieces... for now)

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