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Making an oil pump extension
tube for a deep sump by Dan Cason |
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Put the plate in cardboard to protect the
surface from the vise jaws. Drill the suction hole out to
11/32". Be careful not to drill bigger. |
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Tap the hole with the 1/8" NPT pipe
tap. Tap a little, then fit the nipple till the nipple
goes just barely through the plate. |
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You're done with this end. |
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The bottom cup is a 5/8" straight pipe
cap from the plumbing section of the hardware store, it
gets drilled and tapped 1/8" NPT. It's brass so the
brass screen I used will solder easier. |
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Drill and tap the cap fitting the nipple as
you go so you won't go too deep. |
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Tighten the nipple into the plate very
tight. |
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Using a small cold chisel, "stake"
the nipple to the plate by hitting the inside edge of the
pipe out and into the plate just a little. You'll have to
give it a pretty good whack. |
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You can see the proper results of the
staking. |
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Solder the pipe nipple to the plate. Use
flux and clean the parts to bare metal and no grease
before you do. |
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Clean and solder the other end. Then clean
off all the spatter and little solder balls so they don't
end up in the oil. |
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Place the screen in the inside of the cup.
The screen I used was in the faucet repair section of the
hardware store and I chose one that fit the cup well. |
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Carefully flux the edge of the screen and
the rim of the cup. Use small diameter solder and just
enough to stick the screen to the edge. Don't make solder
balls inside the cup housing. They might get loose and
cause trouble. |
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Clean the whole part. Notice the nipple
protruding through the plate. This must be removed flush
with the plate without scratching the plate. |
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Start by filing perfectly parallel to the
plate surface without touching the plate surface. Slow
down, do this right. |
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When you are as close as you dare, put a
sheet of sand paper or emery cloth on a flat hard
surface. I used 150 grit sand paper. You can use a table
saw, your wife's granite countertop, a piece of glass or
something like that to sand on. Move the part back and
forth in different directions until the whole surface of
the plate and nipple is perfectly flat without scratches.
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This is how it should look. You can see
where you staked it with the chisel. |
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Fit up the pump to make sure you'll have
clearance when the deep sump pan is installed. The pump
is at a little angle so you can't have a large diameter
cup without offsetting the hole. The bottom of the cup
should stick down around 2" from the bottom of the
crankcase. Use Loctite when bolting everything up. |
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Okay, thats it, you're done. Be sure not to
make the extension so long that it sits too close to the
bottom of the pan. Give everything a little breathing
room above the crud that might be on the bottom. |
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