"Del Johnson, North Point Solutions, Inc" wrote:

"Del Johnson" wrote:

The drawings of oil pans, that people are making, show the top

plate (the

side that mates with the engine block) as having only small cut

outs for the

oil pickup tube and the bolt that protrudes into the oil pan

area.  Is there

a structural reason for not removing most of the material

inside of the pan

if your not going to use the oil pan as part of the engine mount?  To
minimize warpage during welding I can see leaving the sheet

solid but there

would be a weight savings to remove most of this material after

the pan is

welded up.

The aluminum flux that I will use to weld up the pan requires that it be
removed after welding because it is quite corrosive.  What I

would like to

do is cut the core out of the top plate so I can have easy access into
inside of the pan for cleaning.

Attached is a turbocad drawing that should accommodate the

pickup tube and

the dip stick.  The volume came out at 4.5 quarts. The drawing

only shows

the side walls and bottom pieces.  It does not show the top sheet that
attaches to the engine block.  Three of the sides slope at 45

degrees while

the side, where the dip stick is located, is laid up at 90 degrees.  The
drawing has a 3d layer that illustrates the pan when it is welded up.

Dell can't handle 3D dwg's. Can you plot it as a bit map? gif, jpg,
bmp, tiff, etc., etc. etc..

I assume you are using ACAD 2000 up.

Paul Lamar

I have both Turbocad and Autocad 2002 LT

Attached is the 2d drawings of the cut outs, a 2d drawing showing the view
from the bottom looking up and a 3D
view from the lower left side.

Del

Thanks Del. I converted the bmps you sent to jpg's. Much much much smaller :-)

Paul Lamar
 
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