After the oil pan took its
little bath and dry, the oil level sending unit found its home in the oil pan side. This a feature of the early cars. Later cars simply have a plug in this location. The way this works is that when a button on the dash is pushed, a gauge ( I think it is the gas gauge) switches over to read the oil level. First shot shows the outside. Second shows the inside float.Then the oil pan baffle is shown with its new spot welds. This piece was broken in the oil pan and was fixed (sort of) with a couple of small bolts and nuts then smashed on the end like a rivet. Unfortunately. the bolts weren't tight and the smaller piece rattled.
Finally, the baffle is shown in place and the oil pan is ready to be reattached to the block. I still need a piece for the oil pump in order to close the bottom of the block.
It may just be the angle of a few of your other bottom end photos, but I'm always surprised at the sheer size of sump on an XK engine.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Zach, It's 13 quarts, I think. It is huge. The 550 takes 12 with a dry sump.
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{shakes head at the problems Gerry faces}
ReplyDeleteYes, Zach, My life is a living hell what with the oil sump capacity issues, the snow outside (the salt, my god the salt), and the fact that my sweety doesn't know CR from timing advance. Man, it ain't easy.
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