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Subject: 2nd Gen Oil Pickup
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:35:29 -0500
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I am trying to adapt the 2nd gen oil pan to the Renesis using Fred's plate.
So far so good.
I am using the 2nd gen pickup as well.   I have fabbed a stand off out of
1/2 inch aluminum to compensate for the plate thickness, so the height is
fine.
Now the problem.  There is a few degrees difference in the mounting flange
on the two pickups which works out to about 3/4 inch at the end of the
pickup.  This causes the pickup to hit the cover over the oil level switch
in the 2nd gen pan.
I need to either bend the tubing on the pickup or modify (cut) the cover
over the switch.
If I bend the tubeing, I plan to fill the tube with sand to prevent crushing
and squeeze the bend out slightly in a vise while heating with a torch.
I do not know if cutting the switch cover would provide the necessary
clearance even if I did it.  I still need to check this out.

Does anyone have any guidance here.  Which option do you like and how would
you go about it?

BTW... I plan to seal the hole in the bottom of the pan where the engine
mount goes by sandwitching JB Weld between two large area 1/4 washers held
together with a 1/4 inch bolt.
The two holes on the edge of the pan I will seal by filling the holes in
Fred's plate with JB Weld.
Does anyone have a visually cuter idea?

Thanks,
Bill Bradburry
bbradburry@allvantage.com