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ERA chuffing sump
robocog - 24/11/13 at 05:14 PM

Well - I bought the ERA sump second hand off here, possibly 2 or 3 years ago, and only just got round to fitting it to the silvertop "zeticky"

You'd think it would be a drama free excersize - and it should have been had it not been for the fact somehow along the way I ended up with the wrong pickup pipe, which simply wouldn't fit/line up (most odd)

Luckily I had a "spare" full sized pickup from a silvertop (and a cronky TIG welder)
I managed to coax just enough life out of the TIG to make a cut n shut pickup that fits and doesn't leak

Buggered if I can find a lump of plasticine to check the clearence so made some "feelers" out of some strips of solder- seems OK but will double check with plasticine before zipping it all up and putting it back in the car

Need to build a baffle plate - and seen a few designs on here by searching

Open to more pictures /descriptions /rough dimensions of the baffle

Going to try and keep the oil cooler and remote massive filter to keep the oil volume up (and temps reasonable)

Chippys winged sump he made for me has gone off to its new home - and will hopefully live on in a locost

Pics will possibly appear here shortly of the days events :-)

Regards
Rob


robocog - 24/11/13 at 05:38 PM

Wrong pickup pipe
(could be it was for a blacktop??)

wrong pickup3
wrong pickup3


wrong pickup2
wrong pickup2


wrong pickup4
wrong pickup4



Comparisons between the modified CVH and the ERA sumps

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Old modded winged CVH sump

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Will take some photo's of the pickup pipe in the week
Hopefully I will also have some baffle pictures (and then get it fitted back in the car)

Regards
Rob