I have two versions. Both incorporate trapdoors. The trapdoors are NOT
spring loaded (spring is a part that can get loose where you don't want
loose parts). Rather, they are free-swinging in one direction only designed
to impede oil flow away from the pickup but not toward the pickup.
My old one was a simple wall down the middle of the pan. Trapdoor swung
toward the oil pump.
My newer one is a diamond-shaped deal in the middle of the pan. Oil pump
pickup goes in the middle of the diamond. Each wall of the diamond has its
own trapdoor, all if which swing in to the center. There also are small
"ledges" along the top edge of the pan that prevent oil from sloshing up
along the inside walls of the block. It was made for me by The Able Co. in
Wyoming, Mich. (Grand Rapids -- Wayne Snyder, who is a machinist and a
Triumph autocrosser; Wayne also gave me a later, screened, oil pump).
----- Original Message -----
From: <WEmery7451@aol.com>
To: <jmwagner@greenheart.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Safety Wiring Sump Bolts Questionaire Results
> In a message dated 6/8/02 2:05:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> jmwagner@greenheart.com writes:
>
> << 6 people mentioned that they also added baffles. >>
>
> Where are these baffles being located in the oil sump? Are they across
the
> front of the sump with a spring loaded trap door to allow for oil return?
> The baffle has to be able to clear the dip stick and the oil pump pickup.
> Greg's Engine Room is hopefully making me a new oil pump pickup with the
> screen on the bottom.
>
> I had recently installed a sump baffle straight down the left side (while
> sitting behind the wheel) of the screen oil pump pickup. This was an
effort
> to keep more oil in the vicinity of the pickup. After my last bearing
spin,
> I decided that this baffle provided a ramp to made it easier for the oil
to
> slosh out of the sump.
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