ironandcopper
Member
Greetings,
I haven't been on here in a long time, but I thought I would make a rather lazy post. During the mild inconvenience that transpired back in 2020, I went a bit mad and brought a load of garage tools with me and put them in my house. As time and boredom slowly crept deeper into my mind, I learned that it is not a good idea to weld indoors where you have carpet, and also that someone with an almost unlimited amount of free time and industrial equipment shouldn't be left alone, you start to make things that can be referred to as "a waste of materials", but sometimes you get lucky. My lucky moment came when I was washing a spare sump (as you do) and saw an advert for a Moroso trap door sump while browsing the net and thought "I could probably make that out of the old junk I have lying around".
I did document the project, but I didn't think to put it on here, instead I just stitched a few photos and videos into a YouTube video which can be watched if you follow the link below.
Rover P6 V8 Baffled Sump
If any of you peeps out there would like an extended write up, including how exactly this abomination was put together using basic tools and an old MIG welder, I can do that.
But before any of you fellow P6 abusers decide to build your own, you should know that I have yet to properly test it out, all I can say for certain is that it fits.
Also, the video does not show a hole for the dip stick, this is because the hole was added at a later date. Simply dip the tip of the stick in paint or tip-ex, shove it down the tube and where it leaves a mark in the metal, you use a step bit and make an appropriate sized hold, taking special care with a vacuum cleaner and a magnetic pickup tool to ensure no metal shavings are left behind.
I haven't been on here in a long time, but I thought I would make a rather lazy post. During the mild inconvenience that transpired back in 2020, I went a bit mad and brought a load of garage tools with me and put them in my house. As time and boredom slowly crept deeper into my mind, I learned that it is not a good idea to weld indoors where you have carpet, and also that someone with an almost unlimited amount of free time and industrial equipment shouldn't be left alone, you start to make things that can be referred to as "a waste of materials", but sometimes you get lucky. My lucky moment came when I was washing a spare sump (as you do) and saw an advert for a Moroso trap door sump while browsing the net and thought "I could probably make that out of the old junk I have lying around".
I did document the project, but I didn't think to put it on here, instead I just stitched a few photos and videos into a YouTube video which can be watched if you follow the link below.
Rover P6 V8 Baffled Sump
If any of you peeps out there would like an extended write up, including how exactly this abomination was put together using basic tools and an old MIG welder, I can do that.
But before any of you fellow P6 abusers decide to build your own, you should know that I have yet to properly test it out, all I can say for certain is that it fits.
Also, the video does not show a hole for the dip stick, this is because the hole was added at a later date. Simply dip the tip of the stick in paint or tip-ex, shove it down the tube and where it leaves a mark in the metal, you use a step bit and make an appropriate sized hold, taking special care with a vacuum cleaner and a magnetic pickup tool to ensure no metal shavings are left behind.