[DeTomaso] Puckered Oil Pan Bolt Holes

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/16/11 10 40 47, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:


> My first thought is to lay the oil pan on the upturned engine, and with a
> flat-end block of hardwood over the bolt hole area, tap it back to flat
> until the area is once again flush to the edge of the block.
> 

You can lay it against any flat surface and tap as necessary to make the 
surface flat again.   You can also do the hammer-and-dolley thing, putting a 
support under the back side of the hole and whanging on the other side.

Mike