David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 07:47 AM |
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Hate to say this, now you've started painting the sump - but had you considered shortening it for extra ground clearance?
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 07:58 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Hate to say this, now you've started painting the sump - but had you considered shortening it for extra ground clearance?
yup, get it chopped!
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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vindicator
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 08:20 AM |
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Sorry, but it has to be done, chop it now. You have rebuilt the whole engine and if you are going to sell it on, the first thing they will say is the
sump is too big........
You know you have to do the right thing......It is only the primer you have put on isn't it.......
timr.spaces.live.com---build blog
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 10:42 AM |
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have you seem how much it costs to get it chopped! and the time and effort it takes, whoever buys it can get it chopped! if i could tig weld i'd
do it myself, but i can't 
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 10:45 AM |
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??? It is steel, maybe 2 mm thick max so can be MIG welded without any great difficulty.
Unless you are really skilled, it won't look as nice as TIG but then who is looking?
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 10:48 AM |
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can't mig either! i can't weld period and im trying to keep the rebuild cost to an absolute minimum. if some one could do it for a tenna
they i would have it done but im guessing it will be a lot more than that as the oil pick up pipe will also need modifying.
[Edited on 19/5/09 by omega0684]
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 11:07 AM |
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oil pick up pipe i did by brazing with a cheap blow torch. sump i copped and mad a new plate for nothing but paid £20 to have it welded by a local
engineering place....
the sump metal is VERY thin stell in places and is not good metal so can be a bitch to weld... i tried and just blew holes in it...
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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twybrow
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 11:44 AM |
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Alex - you are welcome to use my MIG. I can help you too, but I wouldn't claim to be a great welder! I have welded plenty of structural bits on
my car (eg engine cradle) and it works just fine! I have no idea what needs to be done though....!
By the way, how is my die grinder? I take it I have no stones left now then!?
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 12:29 PM |
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i only used one stone  and a little bit of another, i was meant to give it you back at stoneliegh
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vindicator
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| posted on 19/5/09 at 02:25 PM |
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corrrrr, another offer of borrowing things.....I would snap his hand off Alex.....get another trade under belt.....welding.....mmmmm!!!!
We are all behind you!!!
timr.spaces.live.com---build blog
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jpindy3
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 09:56 PM |
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so whats next
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MikeR
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| posted on 30/7/09 at 10:30 PM |
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if you get yourself a spare sump and do all the cutting as per david jenkins web site, i'll have a go at welding it for you.
(i say get a spare just in case it ends in disaster)
Total cost will be the return of my laser infra red temp thingy and the owing of a favour at some point in the future.
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omega0684
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| posted on 18/9/09 at 07:34 PM |
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ok guys so its been a while since i posted extra bits on the rebuild thread, but i plan to do some more over the weekend and put some more
photo's up on monday.
for those who don't know my current pinto (that was in my car) dropped an exhaust seat into cylinder 2 & caused some rather nice divots in
the top of the piston & around the coumbustion chamber on the head. so i've had to have 4 new stainless seats put in and have ended up
rebuilding that one as well.
i just got the head back today with 4 new stainless exhaust seats, 4 new stainless valves, all the inlets have been reseated as well and the head has
been skimmed.i also got a new piston and set of rings. All in for £160 cash, which i though was a bit of a bargain.
i will post up photo's of the damage if you want, more to follow...
[Edited on 18/9/09 by omega0684]
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deano 777
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| posted on 2/10/09 at 01:57 PM |
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hi, was this due to too much porting near the valve seat?, i have been taking notes for when i recon my spare head. Dean.
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omega0684
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| posted on 13/10/09 at 03:25 PM |
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hi dean, sorry for late reply, it wasn't due to too much porting, the valve seats that were put in were just incredibly shallow, i've had
nice deep ones put in now though so they won't fall out
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iscmatt
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| posted on 27/1/10 at 01:22 AM |
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are there any updates from over christmas?
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 9/12/11 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
are there any updates from over christmas?
Or just before the next Christmas?
No, really, what happened to this in the end?
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omega0684
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| posted on 22/2/12 at 07:40 PM |
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hi guys,
im sorry i haven't updated the build thread for what looks to be, well, over a year! in that time i have built 2 others and done a few track
days with the new engine.
The thread started as i was rebuilding a lonely pinto that was abandoned in the corner of a friends garage. it turned into a thread but then i got
side tracked with other commitments, started a new job and was recovering from bad health.
now the pinto lies in the garage, waiting for a little more TLC, i'll see if i can put up some pictures of the engine now. its been sat on the
engine stand for a while but i hardly have enough time to look after the DAX at the moment.
In the mean time if any of you want to u2u me questions tehn i will be more than happy to answer as best i can
All the best
Alex
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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Not Anumber
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| posted on 22/4/12 at 04:22 PM |
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Does anyone happen to know the oil capacity of a chopped pinto sump and whether the standard dipstick can still be used to show the level ?
Smaller intervals between oil changes ?
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omega0684
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| posted on 22/4/12 at 04:28 PM |
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when you remove the bottom part of the sump, you weld a small extension on the right hand side of the sump (none starter motor side) and you can also
weld in a pipe section at the front. thus not compromises oil volume
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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