DannyP posted:No problem, Bill. It was easy with my buddy Mike's mill. Use a later VW drain plug, it's almost flush.
Isn't equipment like that great to use? A lathe, a mill and a rotary table and you can do almost anything! Now if I only had a place to put them...
My buddy Mike has a 20 x 20 room with the Bridgeport, two lathes, and a huge 50 ton air/oil press.
Then another room for torches and welders. And usually it costs me lunch or dinner. Or sometimes a hand with alignment and corner balance. No problem with that!
We all need a friend like that nearby.
Yes. Opens up a world of possibilities.
Still, to put a drain in the sump, wouldn't a drill press and a tap do just as well?
edsnova posted:Yes. Opens up a world of possibilities.
Still, to put a drain in the sump, wouldn't a drill press and a tap do just as well?
If you're careful you certainly could do it.
the drill and tap works. been doing that for years. pipe tap and small pipe plug work fine. I usually do that for the convenience for the customer to drain the oil. I like to remove the plate to check for any sediment if any. most of the time it's a piece of mind logic. for the price the Jay Cee cover is worth it.
While the whole purpose of the plate originally was to remove it to clean the sludge at oil change time, Anthony, with a full flow filter there's no need to go through the whole procedure every oil change (I know you know this; only stating it for some in the peanut gallery), so being able to just drain the oil is a great convenience (as you've also already pointed out).
Yes, Ed, absolutely. But I machined/faced flat the area that used to say Claude's Buggies. That way I could have a sealing surface. The rest I did with a drill press and a standard 14mm x1.5 tap.
You could do pipe thread, but that's not my choice.
I take mine down every couple years to clean it, not usually much there. There shouldn't be anything there if you are full-flowed and remote filtered.
And yes, I'm certainly lucky with the people in my life! That includes all of you knuckleheads......
