Oil Pan Leak
 

Howdy, I recently purchased a big old 87 F-350 dually with the 460 V8 and about 170,000 miles. After a trip to the mechanic and a carb rebuild, it runs and drives well. I bought the truck to pull a 10,000 pound boat, which it did just fine (except for some terrible gas mileage, but I expected that).

The truck has lots of little problems (like the windows don't go down) but the big one is an oil leak that appears to be coming from the pan. It starts out as a pretty steady stream off the front edge up near the oil filter, then tapers off to just a small drip once the truck is warm.

Our plan is to move the boat 1500 miles this fall. I'm trying to assess if this is the truck to do it. I have about $4,000 into it so far. Fixing the oil pan looks like a major job. Do I just let it drip? Fix it? Or cut bait and look for a different tow rig?

Thanks for any advice the group can offer.