[Healeys] I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack ...

[Laurie Wilford]

‎I put an aluminum sump on my BJ8 prior to driving to Alaska last year. The steel sump was pretty banged up and I found the aluminum sump purchased from Autofarm did not protrude below the frame rails as far as the steel one.
When I changed the oil after the Alaska trip I was surprised to see the wear on the cooling fins‎. We put on a few hundred miles of gravel roads, but I was amazed that some of the back fins were almost worn off. The good news was that the aluminium sump did not crack nor leak even with this abuse.

Laurie Wilford

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From: BJ8Healeys
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 9:38 PM
To: 'Healeys'
Subject: Re: [Healeys] I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack ...


Bob, I don't have an aluminum sump for my Healey, but I do have one on my
Miata.  I once ran over what I thought was a crumpled-up paper bag until I
hit it and it lifted the car off its front wheels.  Turned out to be a truck
water pump.  Not only did it destroy the steering rack, but it put a
good-sized dent/gouge in the aluminum pan and also a crack, as I discovered
later.  On the Miata, the aluminum pan is basically the bottom of the
engine.  The whole thing had to be replaced.  Seems that aluminum is not as
forgiving to road obstructions as the steel is, and I don't intend to put
one on my BJ8.
As for the dents in the steel pan, I was able to straighten most of those
out pretty well.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
AHCA Delegate at Large
Havelock, NC


-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
Spidell
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 6:12 PM
To: Healeys
Subject: [Healeys] I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack ...

This is sort of the ubiquitous 'test' messages; I got bumped off this list
for some reason--I'm not THAT ednoxious--and I just now started to receive
recent messages so I hope to stay.

And now, a question: What's the List take on aluminium sumps? They sound
like a good, easily-reversible mod and my steel pan has taken it's lumps
(dents, actually).  Any cooling effect would be an added, though probably
subjective, bonus.  But, I'm concerned that, were I to high-center the pan
somehow or hit a rock, the pan could fracture where a steel pan might just
get another dent. Anyone have this happen to them?  DW sells a 'low-profile'
pan that might all but eliminate that risk, but might also reduce capacity.

Anyone got an Al pan?  What's your take?

TIA,

Bob


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