Originally posted by mrtjknapp:
I also have a 98 contour in Cleveland! My pan looks just like yours. It was leaking and i just torked the pan bolts down a half of a turn and it stopped the leak .I think I was just lucky but I thought it was worth a try. dont turn them to much they will strip



Cool! It's worth a try, if they seem really tight I won't force it, but I have a torque wrench so I could set it to make sure I don't go to far.