marco p

Hello Everyone,im hoping that one of u can help i ve purchase a cabrio that was hit on the front fender i got without the suspension,the oil tray was not there and the upper oil pan was crack trans cooling lines were badly damaged ,got used replacements,tray,upper+new gaskets[by the way from Nick@Autobiz nice guy but many weeks wait 10-12,and wrong parts being send]i know litlle or nothing about mech so i have a friend of mine doin this for me,with everything in place we started the car several times it started fine but it sounded terrible way worst than those diesel tractors in the old country,we had no oil pressure we took the oil filter out it was clean this car hansnt ran for two years.Would u know if this car has a pick tube that is connected to the oil pump for the oil pick up and came out during or sometime after the accident?By removing that oil tray if such tube exist could i be able to see if its there or not? Or i need to take out the upper pan? Please help me im getting desesperate.ps my english is not great but i hope you ve understanded the problem.Thank u Marco in RI