Oil sump drain plug

Are there any companies that make a drain-plug modification/addition to the existing 2165cc CB Performance oil sump drain plate? I can't find anything in the archives or in the VW magazines. There must be an easier way to drain the oil without having to slosh it all over the place. I used a plastic cement mixing box beneath the plastic oil catching pan, but it is still a messy procedure. A drain plug that can be just unscrewed would be far easier than having to remove the whole 8-bolt drain plate.

The reason CB wants you do go through this hassle is for you to check to make sure the oil pick-up tube has not come loose and to clean out any heavy debris around the pick-up tube screen, I wish it was easier and less of a pain in the neck as well.

Installation of a drain plug would ensure that the oil would be released in a controlled manner prior to plate removal. As it is now, releasing the entire oil sump plate causes the oil to gush out. Mark Patty suggested one of the oil-pumping gizmos that could be routed through the filler tube to suck out the oil prior to plate removal. Might be worth looking into. Mainelycustombydesign.com has a plate with drain in the works for the Type 1 engine and will contact me when it is ready for sale. Cost should be around $90.

Regards the screen, according to Gene Berg and others(check out the technical papers on his web site) he never built a performance engine with a screen left on the oil intake tube. He also does comment that full flow oil filtering is a requirement on all performance engines....

I had a problem with getting enough oil in my hydraulic valve engine when cold....when warm all was well. When cold I had a lifter that frequently would not pump up. Elimination of the screen immediately solved the problem.....

from GB's site, http://www.geneberg.com/article.php?ArticleID=237

"Oil strainer information. An area of extreme importance. The inlet or suction side of any pump is extremely limited in what it can do as compared to the pressure side and should never be impaired in anyway, whereas the pressure side is capable of overcoming a great deal of extra resistance. For that reason, I have not used the stock oil strainer in any of my high performance street or race engines since 1966. I found that it often caused too much restriction on the suction side of the oil pump with a little higher performance and high RPM engines. This problem was traced to oil starvation and all out bearing and/or crankshaft failures from the oil not being able to pass through the stock restrictive oil strainer screen fast enough to provide adequate flow to the pump."

Is the new oil sump plate with drain plug available yet?

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I ultimately purchased a new plate, complete with drain plug, from Mainely By Design. All machined aluminum, easy to install, easy to empty the oil. They advertise in Excellence.