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Fastback68
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From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
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posted 06-24-2001 10:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fastback68   Click Here to Email Fastback68     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I don't know why I didn't think of this before. As per Steve L's suggestion, I've just fitted a B&W deep oil pan - alloy type. It looks like a prime candidate for whacking rocks without sliding over them. Should I weld a steel skid plate on, or am I being too pessimistic? If I DO whack a fixed rock head on, is the pan gonna crack??

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steve'66
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posted 06-24-2001 11:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for steve'66   Click Here to Email steve'66     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Fastback68:
If I DO whack a fixed rock head on, is the pan gonna crack??

Yes sir, it will crack. Don't go off road with an allow deep sump pan. A sheet metal pan will just dent, hopefully. This is from my 4X4 experiences.

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Fastback68
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posted 06-25-2001 02:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fastback68   Click Here to Email Fastback68     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Groan Well, I went for a test drive over all the local speed bumps, and survived. Tonight I'm gonna check out the mother of all speed bumps, about a mile from home. It's sort of about 8 inches high at the front and back, bulging up to about 12 inches in the middle. It's also very wide (maybe five feet), and the front edge has crumbled to make a vertical face. I don't know why they don't just close the road
If I can make it over THAT, I'm laughing!

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Fastback68
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posted 06-25-2001 05:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fastback68   Click Here to Email Fastback68     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ooooof! Well, I landed smack on the bottom surface of the oil pan. I guess that beats catching the leading edge!
I'm gonna keep my old oil pan / filter in the trunk, just in case!

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MrXerox
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posted 06-25-2001 09:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrXerox   Click Here to Email MrXerox     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think I would have gotten a ruler out and done the math before I "smacked the bottom surface of the oil pan"

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JAAZZY
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posted 06-25-2001 11:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for JAAZZY     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I landed on my pan before speeding late at night and it just dented the bottom. I have a sheet metal pan. Never had a problem with rocks but I guess it's possible.

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Fastback68
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posted 06-25-2001 06:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fastback68   Click Here to Email Fastback68     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
MrXerox, the math on speed bumps (with reference to whacking oil pan undersides) is really quite complex, since you have to factor in suspension dive when your wheels leave the front edge. Since the difference in height between the front edge of that speed bump and its summit is only 4 inches, I should be able to make it in theory, with no suspension dive.
Sadly, I will now become one of those people I always groaned at so much in the past - guys who've lowered their cars and take these bumps almost sideways at 2 m.p.h.

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mvierow
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posted 06-25-2001 09:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mvierow   Click Here to Email mvierow     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What you described sounds more like a curb than a speed bump! Watch out! Btw, I just picked up a Morosso 8 quart the other day. Looks like it might have some clearance issues with the ground as well.

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