Quote Originally Posted by Bill R.
would have to get the front harmonic damper off and the front timing cover as well as pull the transmission so you could remove the flywheel or flexplate, at this point you would have been ahead just to pull the motor.

OK, same question about the rod bearings: Can they be changed with the oil pan off and the engine still in the car?

Car has occasional low pressure light at idle while coasting to a stop, and am about to put 20W50 oil in. Has newly rebuilt head, gasket, valve job, camshaft, 10W40 oil, filter, oil pressure sender, good anti-drain valve in oil filter housing, etc.. but still gets the occasional low oil pressure light after warmup. So, if the thicker oil does not cure this, the next step would presumably be oil pump and/or new bearings.