mattjamesw Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Good afternoon. mine has a hairline crack in sump plug area. so need another whilst that one gets repaired. anyone got one wasting space on a shelf or a spare they could lend me for a few months whilst mine gets repaired? cheers. 1.8 K series wet sump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Does it really take a few months to repair ? I would have imagined that's a couple of hours work, can someone not repair it faster ? Don't they just clean up the crack and fill it with weld / braze or something ? Its not a stressed area, I've repaired sumps / engine cases on my motorcycles with a two part glue basically when I dinged the cases racing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjamesw Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 Possibly. The last time I used specialist aluminium welders to do a job because it was deemed a “small job” they did when they had time between bigger jobs and so it took quite awhile. I was adding time so as to not mislead a lender of a sump had it taken awhile but quite possibly it could done in no time at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7_Malc Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Hi Matt, I have a well worn, but sound, wet sump pan you can have on loan if needed. I will send you some photos when I get home so you decide if it is suitable for your needs. malc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjamesw Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 Much appreciated Malc. Are you far from Oxfordshire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative manningpaul Posted April 17 Area Representative Share Posted April 17 One here near Devizes if that helps? Regards Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7_Malc Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 15/04/2024 at 20:05, mattjamesw said: Much appreciated Malc. Are you far from Oxfordshire? Hertfordshire- but the on the Beds/ Bucks border. If I can get my car back on the road I’d be up for a blat over towards Bicester if that helps. Photos to follow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7_Malc Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 These show the worst of the scraping. I chose to replace this with a new item from Redline, rather than risk another impact which might cause a failure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 11 hours ago, 7_Malc said: These show the worst of the scraping. I chose to replace this with a new item from Redline, rather than risk another impact which might cause a failure. I like that. That's adding lightness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCol Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 19 hours ago, rj said: I like that. That's adding lightness and increasing ground clearance! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjamesw Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 Malc I’d very much appreciate the loan. Manningpaul if Timings don’t work out between Malc and I then I’ll be in contact about borrowing yours. Thanks all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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