[Mg-t] sump oil pick-up

[Carr&Edwards]

AHA!!!  Now why didn't we notice that difference in the drawing??? 
(Focused on details, not the whole picture....)

Thanks!
Sarah




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob at juno.com>
To: <scvc70 at epix.net>
Cc: <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] sump oil pick-up


> Sarah,
>  Is your TD sump one of the 'early" sumps, shaped like the one on p.13
> of the workshop manual?
>  TD "late" sumps were shaped like the one illustrated on p. A.34, where
> there is space for the forward-facing extension.
>  In the service parts list, it appears that the TD sump was changed at
> engine #14948. As engine #s are usually just a couple of hundred #s
> higher than car #s, your TD3 924EXLU would have had an engine with the
> early sump. The late sumps are rectangular in profile viewed from the
> side, while early sumps are shallow in front third and deeper in the
> back.
>  In the service parts book, # 168706 is "filter extension" that begins
> with engine #15372.
> Bob
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:56:09 -0400 "Carr&Edwards" <scvc70 at epix.net>
> writes:
>> Good morning listers--
>>
>> The TF engine diagram in the factory service manual shows the
>> fan-shaped extension on the bottom of the oil pick-up in the sump as
> ending
>> several inches short of the forward end of the sump.  We recently
> bought at
>> a flea market an oil pick-up with that extension.  Aside from the
> extension
>> (and the fact that it's center-, not side-, located), it's identical to
> the
>> one in my TD-----but when placed in a TD/TF sump, it comes to within
> <1/2" of
>> the front of the sump.  The bottom of the fan-shaped extension is
> marked:
>>
>>     168706
>>     [triangle]
>>         DF
>>
>> Can anyone tell us whether this is indeed TF (and thus the drawing
>> is inaccurate)?  If not, any ideas what it's from?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>> Sarah Carr
>> TD3942EXLU in PA
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