Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: loop pan as sump extender?

Author: Paul P. Linn

Date: May 6, 2005, 11:07 AM

Post ID: 1718823397



Well at least you would be half way to a solution then. The loop block can
be modified to run an oil filter per Guzziology, so why not go the whole hog
and do it right. Makes sense to me.

Paul

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From: Karl Kologiski [mailto:kkolo-@earthlink.net]
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Subject: Re: loop pan as sump extender?


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Those are designed for the later oil filter motors, I think you would have
to cut off the oil passage bosses. Looks like they would get in the way of
the oil screen.

Skip & Jane Kologiski
Bird at The Wheel Vintage Motorcycle Stuff
http://home.earthlink.net/~kkologiski/bird.html
Central Florida Reps for the MGNOC (Moto Guzzi National Owners Club). Fla
Guzzi Sitehttp://www.thisoldtractor.com/fl_mgnoc/
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Subject: RE: loop pan as sump extender?


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Why not just get the sump spacer from MG Cycle
http://www.mgcycle.com/externals.htmland then figure out a way to extend
the oil pickup?

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Bender [mailto:gr-@thisoldtractor.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:45 PM
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Subject: RE: loop pan as sump extender?


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Very interesting...I really appreaciate being able to bounce ideas around in
this forum.

Hacksaw wrote:
 
Good points John. Thanks.
After posting I walked out to our lead machinist and began the
discussion of this endeavor. He voiced the same concern that the wall
thickness of the pan would not be such to leave a surface wide enough
for a good gasket seal. He must also be aware of the welding issues
you speak of because when I asked "Well could you just weld the
extender onto my pan?" He just started chuckling as he turned to walk
off. I'm still going to look at a pump and bring a pan in tomorrow and
see. We should be able to tell by gauging the walls and such.
I'll keep posting what I find.
Hacksaw


John Chicoine wrote:
 Greg:

I don't think it will work if you plan to gasket them together
because of a lack of sealing surface area between the machined pan
and the stock

 
 
gasket flange.

If you took two pans and machined the gasket flange off one and the
bottom off the other you may be able to weld them together. I say
may, because I've tried to have valve covers welded and the oil
that's impregnated them made it impossible to get a good weld free
of voids.

John C.

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From: "Greg Bender" <gr-@thisoldtractor.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:11 PM
Subject: loop pan as sump extender?


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Skip and I were enjoying a Guinness or two with several other
classic bike owners (and a lot of HD owners) last night at the
"Quaker Steak and

 
 

Lube" restaurant and hang-out. The conversation was filled with
tales of


all the bikes the Indian Motorcycle Company rebadged and brought
into the country up into 70's and how we all kind of wanted to have
a 200cc or less classic bike ride every once in a while (Bantams,
Stornellos, etc.). The subject eventually turned to Guzzis and then
to loops and then to my quest for a sump extender.

So, Skip so simply states, "Why don't you just cut the bottom off a
loop


oil pan and use it as an extender?"

It was just then that I had one of those "Why didn't I think of
that?" moments :>

Seems simple enough to me and a spare pan seems easy enough to
obtain (Skip even has one at the ready for me). Although I don't
have inside measurements of a pan, they look fairly shallow from the
outside. Maybe I could get 3/4" to 1" of an extension? Not extreme,
but probably a definite help. And not too low as to become a concern
when riding over speed bumps, etc (Thanks for the heads up on that,
Gordon and Skip). Then, all I'd need to do is extend the pick up a
wee bit lower and get some longer bolts.

Any thoughts on this approach?

Regards,

Greg Bender
1971 Ambassador
2000 Quota
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender

Florida MGNOC websitehttp://www.thisoldtractor.com/fl_mgnoc

Minnesota MGNOC websitehttp://www.thisoldtractor.com/mn_mgnoc

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Regards,

Greg Bender
1971 Ambassador
2000 Quota
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender

Florida MGNOC website
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Minnesota MGNOC website
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