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PostPost by: el-saturn » Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:30 pm

here she is, as oiltight as possible! going back to where she belongs -- ps i used to live in S.F.!! sandy
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PostPost by: KevJ+2 » Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:55 pm

Sandy,
Don't know abbout SF...It looks more like a rebuild from Australia :mrgreen:
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:05 pm

what do you mean by rebuild from australia kev?? - 1/2 of a union jack?? sandy
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PostPost by: pharriso » Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:15 pm

el-saturn wrote:what do you mean by rebuild from australia kev?? - 1/2 of a union jack?? sandy


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PostPost by: el-saturn » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:17 pm

thanks phil! sj
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PostPost by: rgh0 » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:05 pm

Hi Sandy
Is there enough room under that dry sump for the Elans front roll bar ? or have you modified the bar links to get clearance ?

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PostPost by: el-saturn » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:20 am

.......you see everything rohan: ill add a picture tonight: the actual "housing with a very thin "bearing" is a couple of machined chunks of ally and a uniball (rosejoint) both sides. snowy greetings from the alps sandy
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Sat Jan 14, 2017 5:00 pm

here ya go fellas: this is the 1inch sway bar! sandy
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PostPost by: StressCraxx » Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:55 pm

Sandy,

Make sure your scavenge line from the sump to the pump is in good shape and rated for vacuum. If the line collapses, the scavenge pump starves, all the oil remains in the sump and the oil tank runs dry.

Both Jay Ivey and Arnie Loyning use special oil lines that won't collapse under vacuum. Jay told me his story about ruining an engine twice because of a $3 piece of hose that looked ok.
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:49 pm

i agree, BUT this is braided hose an10 and very short (so it can handle this minimal vacume) AND its been that way for many years: if i don't get oil pressure within 15 seconds (+/-) i dont go nowheres. so far, or since 1981 i never had an oilsupply problem! thanks for the input sandy
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PostPost by: StressCraxx » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:56 pm

el-saturn wrote:i agree, BUT this is braided hose an10 and very short (so it can handle this minimal vacume) AND its been that way for many years: if i don't get oil pressure within 15 seconds (+/-) i dont go nowheres. so far, or since 1981 i never had an oilsupply problem! thanks for the input sandy


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PostPost by: prezoom » Sun Jan 15, 2017 3:52 am

They make a spring to insert in the hose to prevent it from collapsing.
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