WANTED - K Series wet sump pan

[rptruman]

Does anyone have one cluttering up their garage that they would be willing to part with for a reasonable price?

Richard.

[7 wonders of the world]

You might have already looked into this but even if the sump is in bits they can be reconstructed, cleaned and prepped for welding and then when you can speak to your local engineering place or welding guy.

I've have sumps in pieces rebuilt and we would regularly rebuild alloy bell housings from Mk2 Escorts after they had been fighting.

If you have an old block to mount it to for welding purposes it helps.

You can grind are the joints in a V form with a die grinder or dremel.

[nickh7]

I've broken two very badly and  had them  repaired so don't  despair  

[rptruman]

Thank you both.

The problem is that having bought the car second hand I had no idea of the state of the foam baffle in the sump or even it had one. As part of a general service I performed on the car, I took the sump off and ordered a new oil filter and DVA sump gasket. While on the phone to DVA I asked about the correct torque for the sump bolts that thread into the bell housing and was told 22 ft lb. It isn't as I found out when I stripped a thread. I have bought helicoil set, but wanted a backup sump on hand in case I make a mess of things.

[Wrightpayne]

Build manual states - Bell Housing to sump 34nm or 25lbft. This is in an amendment section of the manual as missing from the 'Rover Engine Install' section. Could be the setting for the M12 bolts, 45ftlb, has been used previously and damaged the threads??

I'd also consider using a threadsert rather than helicoil - more expensive but much better (so I'm told by a motor engineer friend)

[rj]

I'll second Ians comment on the threadsert - I use Würths "TimeSert" and sometimes do it just as a matter of precaution.

[rptruman]

Thanks for the suggestion of thresdserts, not come across these before. I'll take a look.