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I am rebuilding my 1932 engine and have discovered the oil pan has pin holes due to rust. Do I braze the holes or is there a coating I could put on the inside to seal them? Any ideas, or does someone have an oil pan they might part with? Quite a few holes.

I would hold out for a better oil pan. There are some good ones out there......ya just have to find them! Check with "Chevyb" on this site....he might have one. Good luck with your search.

Quite often when you start brazing (welding) rust holes you end rebuilding the whole panel (sump). Save your effort for locating 1 in reasnoable condition without rust holes even if it is a little bent, easier to straighten than fix rust.
Tony

you do not want to braze . i had a pan with a couple of small holes and like tony said before i had them sealed up i had most of the pan covered . so the next three or so i took the wire feed machine mig and filled the holes ground off the excess filled with varsol to check for leaks makes a fast permanent fix . you would think that a small amount of heat and a drop of brass would not crack the pan in most cases it will you will get a spider webb . if you dont have a mig bring it to some one that has . hope this helps oldpush

you do not want to braze . i had a pan with a couple of small holes and like tony said before i had them sealed up i had most of the pan covered . so the next three or so i took the wire feed machine mig and filled the holes ground off the excess filled with varsol to check for leaks makes a fast permanent fix . you would think that a small amount of heat and a drop of brass would not crack the pan in most cases it will you will get a spider webb . if you dont have a mig bring it to some one that has . hope this helps oldpush

Yep, push is right again, I tried this back before I knew a Mig was a welder... I thought about a USSR Mig-17. Anyway to shorten the story after a good brazein' I had a mess, I ended up using JB weld, it worked!

Is a 1929 oil pan interchangeable with a 1932?