Jeep Commander 4.7l V8 2005-2010 OilPan Removal

Removing the oil pan on the 4.7l V8 2005-2010 Jeep Commander, is notoriously difficult. Here I remove in order to fix an oil leak at the windage tray gasket.

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Thats a steel pan I was under my xk today making room for a motor mount swap tomorrow and was looking at the pan and its caked in mag chloride but still doesn't sound like steel either aluminum or a composite but didn't have a magnet to rule out steel but sure don't sound like it. Im just trying to decide where I'm going to put my jack to lift this SOB . While making the room unbolting the diff I found that both the fromt diff cover bushing and upper pinion bushing were crap already I just did thise 15k is ago and they are probably my thump they weren't as bad as the ones i took out but prett shatty for 15k . Luckily the motor mounts came with a front diff bushing and i have an upper left from last kit since passenger side was good and still is . Looking at a poly mount for the top mount after what i found today . I'm not sure the motor mounts are really needed just assumed they were the noise since they are 180k old and the other dang bushings are 15k ... great design 😅