2001 ZX2 oil pan removal

[Paul78zephyr]

I cant believe it but it looks like my oil pan has rusted thru on my 2001 ZX2 (126,600 miles). The oil pan is very rusty on the bottom (New England salt belt ) and I can see oil weeping thru on the outside. Can the pan be dropped/replaced with the exhaust/catcon still in place? I can get to all the pan bolts with the exhaust intact (I need a 8mm universal socket for one). The pan is clearanced to fit around the exhaust pipe and there looks like it has room to come out but Id like to know for sure before I try.

Also, does anyone have a Ford pn for that oil pan?

Thanks,
Paul

[svtzx2]

mine came off easy with out removing exaust