Yep, been a long while since i last posted too. Various holdups for myself, although a laptop virus has been the main reason. Still, all fixed now!
So heres where i'm at. Sump has been fabricated after sourcing some metal. Its a bit Heath Robinson but it will hold the fluid needed and sit in the right place. I mean, who looks at a sump anyway??
With a new sump comes a new oil pick up. The original sat bang in the middle, and would need to be completely altered for the new sump.
This was a case of chop, angle and reweld with a few extra lengths of 10mm ID steel tubing.
After a bit of choppy weldy, it was done:
Its not the prettiest but it should work. Still need to test it to see if there are any leaks in the welds. I know there are in the sump so it will be getting a coating of chemical metal shortly... just along the weld lines.
As we were a week before payday i decided to hit up a bit of free improvements... degreasing! Messy, time consuming but fundamentaly cheapy cheap!
This allowed for a prepped surface for painting and adhesion for the chemical metal. Heres the first step of painting:
In amongst all this we have been trying to get the garage itself up to spec. So far we have been using 1 mains socket and several extension leads for all our work. No more! I have wired in some more sockets at the benches to the rear of the garage. That ought to speed things up a bit!
