<VV> Removing (and installing) oil pick up from the crankcase

[Roger Gault]

It's easy enough to tap it out using a socket - you won't need any heat.

Going back in is more of a challenge, since there's no good place to pound
on it and it's hard to judge the correct angle.  I usually use an open end
wrench over the tube, pushing on the raised ring that stops the tube from
going too far up into the block.  I just tap on the wrench until the tube
starts into the hole.  Once it's started, it usually goes in pretty easily
and you can usually pound (lightly) on the end of the pickup.  Awkward.  I
cool mine in a glass of icewater, but I think that just makes me feel better
rather than actually helping.

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edelstein and Payne" <eandp at mindspring.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:26 AM
Subject: <VV> Removing (and installing) oil pick up from the crankcase


> Folks,
>
>      Doran and I need to remove the oil pick up from the crankcase, so we
can install a new one that fits the deep oil pan we will install.  Haven't
yet looked at the shop manual, but it looks like the pick up is just a press
fit into the crank case half.  Can it just be tapped out using a deep socket
of the appropriate diameter?  Is it better to heat up the crank case to make
the pipe come out easier? If so, should the whole part be placed in an oven
to heat up, or is it better to heat the crank case locally around the oil
pick up with a propane torch?  So what's the current wisdom on this?
>
>      In terms of installing the new pick up, I presume it would be good to
place the new one in a freezer over night to "shrink" it, and maybe then
heat up the crank case in an oven.  Any other tricks that makes it easy, and
are there particular screw ups to try to avoid?
>
>             Thanks,
>                  Travis Payne  65 Monza coupe
>                  Raleigh, NC
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