Making a Dry Sump Oil Tank .....

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dsquire:
Darren

See. While you were gone away busy, nothing changed. Everyone is still as helpful as they always were. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers :beer:

Don

Darren:
Yes Don, I see they are :doh: Would love a TIG welder though ... one day ...

Yes a manual lathe, Smart and Brown 1024 ... not light ... lovely machine ...

I think I might try cutting the tube into three pieces 15, 4 & 1" use the 1" split and inserted inside the 4" and tacked in place to make a step for the longer piece to slip over .... hope that make sense? Use an o-ring to seal ..

I'll post as and when I do it ... :dremel:

AdeV:
Darren,

That's an interesting proportion, any reason you want such a narrow tank - is fitting it in a problem?

The reason I ask - 120 quid will buy you a ready-made aluminium alloy one with fittings fitted, and the separator plate already in place, no need to cut-n-shut, or worry about leaky flanges or other medical issues...

If you're absolutely set on DIY'ing a S/S one, you'd be welcome to swing by my place to use the TIG welder, I've got a bunch of stainless rods, again that'll save you the hassle of fabricating fittings, finding o-rings, etc.

If you do go down the fittings route, Ausdier's design would be my first choice - I guess the only difficulty comes back to welding stainless...

Darren:
Hi mate, been a while since we chatted ...

I have a very nice expensive Pace 8.25" tank like new .... just can't fit the damn thing in the engine bay which is where I want it. So looking around I see you can get cheap alloy tanks in a smaller dia ..... but not of the dismantle type like the Pace?

best I can find is nearer £300 .... for a tin ?? :)

So, not being able to weld alloy I thought I'd try SS, I can weld that with the MIG ...

Should cost me about £40-50 all in .... well that's the plan .....

Oh and I still have major :proj:

Darren:
Ausdier :scratch:

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