Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
Punched the pan, just like I planned. I opted to do it on the car, and as such I was incredibly careful. It took about 2 hours, to just make the hole, and install the part. I probably would have had an easier time if the fitting was smaller.
But...
I put a small hole in the pan, enough to slide a piece of stainless steel wire in there, then I turned the motor to see if I made contact with anything. Sure enough, it does make contact, but not till about 3" inward. My fitting is only going in 1/2" total, so it should be clear. At that point there was no turning back and I curled that sucker in with a 9" nail. What I did not expect was the piece I bent in to break, so I fished that out... and was left with an undersized hole. Went to my step drill, coated the whole thing with grease, and went really.... really.... slow. It luckily shaved it pretty smooth and the fragments all wound up on the drill, which was relieving.
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/IMG_20140903_175621_zps33c4b816.jpg.html
The one thing I thought was - no one else on the interwebs described it as being this difficult, so perhaps I picked the wrong spot to make my drain - luckily for me, not a single person online photographed where they put the drain on their slant, so I was just hoping that logically, it would be here, beneath the turbo.
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/IMG_20140903_185557_zpsf8cd8c22.jpg.html
This is after I threaded in the fitting with JB on the threads, and all over the fitting itself - I do not want this to leak.
Drain line left long - and capped and tied up out of the way.
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/IMG_20140903_192432_zps36b85ecb.jpg.html
What a stressful part of the build. I would not recommend doing this with the pan on the car to anyone else. Too nerve-racking.
Punched the pan, just like I planned. I opted to do it on the car, and as such I was incredibly careful. It took about 2 hours, to just make the hole, and install the part. I probably would have had an easier time if the fitting was smaller.
But...
I put a small hole in the pan, enough to slide a piece of stainless steel wire in there, then I turned the motor to see if I made contact with anything. Sure enough, it does make contact, but not till about 3" inward. My fitting is only going in 1/2" total, so it should be clear. At that point there was no turning back and I curled that sucker in with a 9" nail. What I did not expect was the piece I bent in to break, so I fished that out... and was left with an undersized hole. Went to my step drill, coated the whole thing with grease, and went really.... really.... slow. It luckily shaved it pretty smooth and the fragments all wound up on the drill, which was relieving.
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/IMG_20140903_175621_zps33c4b816.jpg.html
The one thing I thought was - no one else on the interwebs described it as being this difficult, so perhaps I picked the wrong spot to make my drain - luckily for me, not a single person online photographed where they put the drain on their slant, so I was just hoping that logically, it would be here, beneath the turbo.
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/IMG_20140903_185557_zpsf8cd8c22.jpg.html
This is after I threaded in the fitting with JB on the threads, and all over the fitting itself - I do not want this to leak.
Drain line left long - and capped and tied up out of the way.
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/IMG_20140903_192432_zps36b85ecb.jpg.html
What a stressful part of the build. I would not recommend doing this with the pan on the car to anyone else. Too nerve-racking.