Who makes custom oil pans?
09-27-2004, 12:31 PM
#11
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Re: Who makes custom oil pans?
My High School metal shop class in the fifties was capable of that.
Find a student and see if they still smelt.
I've never been able to weld aluminum, but, try cutting the pan and
reversing it, as I have done many times with steel, making Fords fit
into Chevys and visa versa.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Ted Azito wrote:
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<415615DA.A6C158C@***.net>...
> > Have you looked for a similar type of engine, back far enough to
> > where they used steel? Then cut it in half and reverse it, if you need
> > the sump at the other end.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> Cast aluminum. Sand cast aluminum.
Find a student and see if they still smelt.
I've never been able to weld aluminum, but, try cutting the pan and
reversing it, as I have done many times with steel, making Fords fit
into Chevys and visa versa.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Ted Azito wrote:
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<415615DA.A6C158C@***.net>...
> > Have you looked for a similar type of engine, back far enough to
> > where they used steel? Then cut it in half and reverse it, if you need
> > the sump at the other end.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> Cast aluminum. Sand cast aluminum.
09-27-2004, 12:31 PM
#12
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Re: Who makes custom oil pans?
My High School metal shop class in the fifties was capable of that.
Find a student and see if they still smelt.
I've never been able to weld aluminum, but, try cutting the pan and
reversing it, as I have done many times with steel, making Fords fit
into Chevys and visa versa.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Ted Azito wrote:
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<415615DA.A6C158C@***.net>...
> > Have you looked for a similar type of engine, back far enough to
> > where they used steel? Then cut it in half and reverse it, if you need
> > the sump at the other end.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> Cast aluminum. Sand cast aluminum.
Find a student and see if they still smelt.
I've never been able to weld aluminum, but, try cutting the pan and
reversing it, as I have done many times with steel, making Fords fit
into Chevys and visa versa.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Ted Azito wrote:
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<415615DA.A6C158C@***.net>...
> > Have you looked for a similar type of engine, back far enough to
> > where they used steel? Then cut it in half and reverse it, if you need
> > the sump at the other end.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> Cast aluminum. Sand cast aluminum.
09-27-2004, 12:31 PM
#13
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Re: Who makes custom oil pans?
My High School metal shop class in the fifties was capable of that.
Find a student and see if they still smelt.
I've never been able to weld aluminum, but, try cutting the pan and
reversing it, as I have done many times with steel, making Fords fit
into Chevys and visa versa.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Ted Azito wrote:
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<415615DA.A6C158C@***.net>...
> > Have you looked for a similar type of engine, back far enough to
> > where they used steel? Then cut it in half and reverse it, if you need
> > the sump at the other end.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> Cast aluminum. Sand cast aluminum.
Find a student and see if they still smelt.
I've never been able to weld aluminum, but, try cutting the pan and
reversing it, as I have done many times with steel, making Fords fit
into Chevys and visa versa.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Ted Azito wrote:
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message news:<415615DA.A6C158C@***.net>...
> > Have you looked for a similar type of engine, back far enough to
> > where they used steel? Then cut it in half and reverse it, if you need
> > the sump at the other end.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> Cast aluminum. Sand cast aluminum.
09-28-2004, 11:30 AM
#17
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Re: Who makes custom oil pans?
What are you working on? I put a 99 Lumina Vortek in a Jeepster,the olny pan
available was a deepsump casting, not optimal for an off-road vehicle. I
made new flanges for an earlier 4.3L steel pan, and welded them on. I still
have the templates.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"Ted Azito" <larboard34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> > If the engine you're working on is worth a sh*t, a pan will be sold
> > at:
>
> --------.
available was a deepsump casting, not optimal for an off-road vehicle. I
made new flanges for an earlier 4.3L steel pan, and welded them on. I still
have the templates.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"Ted Azito" <larboard34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> > If the engine you're working on is worth a sh*t, a pan will be sold
> > at:
>
> --------.
09-28-2004, 11:30 AM
#18
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Re: Who makes custom oil pans?
What are you working on? I put a 99 Lumina Vortek in a Jeepster,the olny pan
available was a deepsump casting, not optimal for an off-road vehicle. I
made new flanges for an earlier 4.3L steel pan, and welded them on. I still
have the templates.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"Ted Azito" <larboard34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> > If the engine you're working on is worth a sh*t, a pan will be sold
> > at:
>
> --------.
available was a deepsump casting, not optimal for an off-road vehicle. I
made new flanges for an earlier 4.3L steel pan, and welded them on. I still
have the templates.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"Ted Azito" <larboard34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> > If the engine you're working on is worth a sh*t, a pan will be sold
> > at:
>
> --------.
09-28-2004, 11:30 AM
#19
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Re: Who makes custom oil pans?
What are you working on? I put a 99 Lumina Vortek in a Jeepster,the olny pan
available was a deepsump casting, not optimal for an off-road vehicle. I
made new flanges for an earlier 4.3L steel pan, and welded them on. I still
have the templates.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"Ted Azito" <larboard34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> > If the engine you're working on is worth a sh*t, a pan will be sold
> > at:
>
> --------.
available was a deepsump casting, not optimal for an off-road vehicle. I
made new flanges for an earlier 4.3L steel pan, and welded them on. I still
have the templates.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"Ted Azito" <larboard34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> > If the engine you're working on is worth a sh*t, a pan will be sold
> > at:
>
> --------.
09-29-2004, 12:33 PM
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Re: Who makes custom oil pans?
"Ted Azito" <larboard34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know who makes custom oil pans and/or how much tooling is
> needed to make the block mating flange part for a stamped steel pan?
> (The rest of it obviously is stuff any bike tank maker or EAA'er can
> do-oxy/acy welded mild steel..
I only know one guy who made his own oil pan. He made a lot of his own stuff
though including a timber harvester from scratch. He used an old engine
block for a template for the oil pan flange. The rest he put together from
bits and pieces he hammered out by eye. People with these skills scare me a
little.