Builders;
Today in the shop, I spent several hours welding oil pickups together. These are the central component of an oil pan installation kit. They are made by adapting a brand new small block chevy pick up to 3″ of the end of the original pick up. It all gets welded together in a fixture made from an old engine case. These kits compliment my deep sump Gold billet oil pan.
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Above, on the welding bench. The new V-8 pickups start the process by having .049″ x .750″ 4130 tubes Tig welded onto them. This later forms the joint to the original pick up in a second welding operation. The kit includes the pick up, a magnetic drain plug, all of the 19 Allen screws and washers to mount the pan.
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William