Yeah, I'm going to do the same. I have the check valve and all the
necessary stuff. I plumbed it to the gallery on the other block--those
holes were huge. I presume they needed them big to drill at an angle and
later (or earlier--who can tell with the Brits) decided on a smaller,
angled hole. Next time I have the engine out I'll drill and tap a
connection, for now I'll go to the lines.
-----Original Message-----
From: jaboruch [mailto:jaboruch@adelphia.net]
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 11:25 AM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Bill, I have not tried that, and I agree that the original holes are
small. If you still have the block apart you could re-drill the hole to a
larger size. My Accusump connects to where the oil cooler line connects
to the adapter plate on the filter head where it then supplies the oil
journal. I also installed a check valve in the cooler line to prevent it
from back feeding. Joe(B)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: Oil galleys and Accusumps
> I'm replumbing my accusump and considering direct connection to one
of the
> oil gallery cleanout plugs. Only problem is that on the block I'm
using
> now they are very small and angled instead of the large diameter
straight
> in plugs on my other block. I guess they did it several different
> ways--the plugs I'm talking about are where the gallery is drilled
to feed
> the main bearings. Gas anyone tried connecting an accusump to these
little
> holes--do you get enough volume to fill the accusump? I wonder if
the flow
> will be enough to do some good.
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