Subject: loop pan as sump extender?
Author: Greg Bender
Date: May 5, 2005, 12:12 PM
Post ID: 1718818130
Skip and I were enjoying a Guinness or two with several other classic
bike owners (and a lot of HD owners) last night at the "Quaker Steak and
Lube" restaurant and hang-out. The conversation was filled with tales of
all the bikes the Indian Motorcycle Company rebadged and brought into
the country up into 70's and how we all kind of wanted to have a 200cc
or less classic bike ride every once in a while (Bantams, Stornellos,
etc.). The subject eventually turned to Guzzis and then to loops and
then to my quest for a sump extender.
So, Skip so simply states, "Why don't you just cut the bottom off a loop
oil pan and use it as an extender?"
It was just then that I had one of those "Why didn't I think of that?"
moments :>
Seems simple enough to me and a spare pan seems easy enough to obtain
(Skip even has one at the ready for me). Although I don't have inside
measurements of a pan, they look fairly shallow from the outside. Maybe
I could get 3/4" to 1" of an extension? Not extreme, but probably a
definite help. And not too low as to become a concern when riding over
speed bumps, etc (Thanks for the heads up on that, Gordon and Skip).
Then, all I'd need to do is extend the pick up a wee bit lower and get
some longer bolts.
Any thoughts on this approach?
Regards,
Greg Bender
1971 Ambassador
2000 Quota
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