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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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<div><b>From: </b>BJ8Healeys</div>
<div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, July 11, 2016 9:38 PM</div>
<div><b>To: </b>'Healeys'</div>
<div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack ...</div>
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<div class="PlainText">Bob, I don't have an aluminum sump for my Healey, but I do have one on my<br>
Miata. I once ran over what I thought was a crumpled-up paper bag until I<br>
hit it and it lifted the car off its front wheels. Turned out to be a truck<br>
water pump. Not only did it destroy the steering rack, but it put a<br>
good-sized dent/gouge in the aluminum pan and also a crack, as I discovered<br>
later. On the Miata, the aluminum pan is basically the bottom of the<br>
engine. The whole thing had to be replaced. Seems that aluminum is not as<br>
forgiving to road obstructions as the steel is, and I don't intend to put<br>
one on my BJ8.<br>
As for the dents in the steel pan, I was able to straighten most of those<br>
out pretty well.<br>
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Steve Byers<br>
HBJ8L/36666<br>
BJ8 Registry<br>
AHCA Delegate at Large<br>
Havelock, NC <br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Bob<br>
Spidell<br>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 6:12 PM<br>
To: Healeys<br>
Subject: [Healeys] I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack ...<br>
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This is sort of the ubiquitous 'test' messages; I got bumped off this list<br>
for some reason--I'm not THAT ednoxious--and I just now started to receive<br>
recent messages so I hope to stay.<br>
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And now, a question: What's the List take on aluminium sumps? They sound<br>
like a good, easily-reversible mod and my steel pan has taken it's lumps<br>
(dents, actually). Any cooling effect would be an added, though probably<br>
subjective, bonus. But, I'm concerned that, were I to high-center the pan<br>
somehow or hit a rock, the pan could fracture where a steel pan might just<br>
get another dent. Anyone have this happen to them? DW sells a 'low-profile'<br>
pan that might all but eliminate that risk, but might also reduce capacity.<br>
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Anyone got an Al pan? What's your take?<br>
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TIA,<br>
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Bob<br>
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