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Date:         Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:13:23 -0400
Reply-To:     Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.YALE.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.YALE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: New adapter plate: DIY Engine Conversions
Comments: To: ErikO@ebyte.com, vanagon@vanagon.com

> If we can get Ron to track down new diesel oilpans and pickup tubes from > an overseas vendor that would solve that problem. It also would be easy > to have a competent machinest/welder to make up a batch of our own. One > benefit to this would be we could make some modifications that would > allow a "standard" oil pump to be used and perhaps change the shape to > make it fit amongst the syncro skidplates.

No need to import from overseas. Diesel Vanagon oil pumps are available right here. Expect to pay a little over $100 for the one with the right pickup tube from your favorite foreign FLAPS. (I'm sure the internet vendors can get them also)

And yes indeed, the pickup tube for the slant Diesel installation fits on your very standard oil pump. You could get a used pump from a diesel and just machine (fly cut and polish) the mating surface to the pump, put it on a std aftermarket vw oil pump and voila you got the same result as if you bought the diesel vanagon oil pump. (Or better if you put it on one of the high capacity pumps with taller gears)

Haven't bought an oil pan outright, but I've noticed that the Diesel engines from VW Canada come with the Diesel Vanagon oil pan if one specifies so.

/Martin -- Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.yale.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.rochester.edu Yale University

Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw -------------------------------------------------------------------


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