Oil Leak Small block 360

man, your just not having a good time with this

when you say "hanging up" does the pickup catch the baffle welded into the oilpan?
if that's the case, maybe you can push the pan up and slide it into place (if you can imagine what I mean)
or does the pan go on, but the pickup is too far down and the pan is teetertottering on it?

and you are sure you don't have the pan on backwards, right?