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Scotty D
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 Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: Home Stretch |
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Good thinking with the extra door seal. I see a lot of doors with similar gaps and can imagine the noise level.
Bummer about the sump cover damage. |
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:57 am Post subject: Re: Home Stretch |
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Yeah, just run a straight edge across the plate to make sure it's still straight. A sump stud shouldn't be too hard to find. That's just one of the hazards of driving a rear engine car.  Just be glad you didn't have a deep sump on it. My dad had one on his car and hit a raised man hole cover (they were repaving the street), and he liked to have torn the sump off (saw it too late).
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Max Welton
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Home Stretch |
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| Yeah, just run a straight edge across the plate to make sure it's still straight. A sump stud shouldn't be too hard to find. That's just one of the hazards of driving a rear engine car. Just be glad you didn't have a deep sump on it. My dad had one on his car and hit a raised man hole cover (they were repaving the street), and he liked to have torn the sump off (saw it too late). |
Actually, it's the same 1-1/2 quart Berg sump I've been running for years on this engine with an aluminum sump plate. I was barely moving, just inching back into the space.
The sump plate is dented where the nut got pushed over and now have a bump on the other side of the plate. It's a nothing-special thing I should be able to get another of on Monday. It's one of those parts that empi should be good enough for.
Even a stock steel plate would work. Oddly, I don't seem to have one of those. 
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Max Welton
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2025 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: Home Stretch |
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Well, I have a leak. Main seal from the looks of it. I've decided to change out the heads while the engine is out. My current 044s have been back and forth across the country several times in two different cars before this one. Lots of hot desert miles.
So I've ordered up a set of Panchitos from CB. Those that I've seen were beautifully cast with zero flash between the fins.
It will be interesting to see what my current heads look like when I get them out.
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Scotty D
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Home Stretch |
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Well at least the seal lasted a couple of years this time.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about Panchitos heads, they should make for a nice addition. |
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Max Welton
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Scotty D
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Home Stretch |
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Nice.
I'll be doing the same sort of maintenance soon-ish. |
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Max Welton
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