Aluminum Transfer cover ?

[RustCollector]

When funnels, or anything, goes missing, my wife tends to blame my young boys first, so I have some good cover. Also, I hide the evidence well.

[MilesBFree]

See what you have in the kitchen by way of funnels, preferably when the wife has given you the opportunity to use the parts washer aka dishwasher by going out for the afternoon

[RustCollector]

I bet a Roamerdrive dipstick could be made to work. But, it's not big enough to refill through without a very small funnel.

[SafeAirOne]

I would prefer less potential leak points.

If I were designing something new, I'd probably just have 2 flat bosses that the end user could drill and tap to suit their desires. Or not.

Would you need a dipstick? Could you put in a sightglass window ala motorcycles?

Well...The older I get, the harder it gets to get down on the ground and crawl around. Getting up is even less graceful, so I'd probably go the dipstick route. Specifically one that uses a dipstick tube that could double as the filler tube, automatic transmission-style. This way I could check and service it from the cab. Could be as simple as a street elbow screwed into the side of the reservoir, below the full oil line, with a nipple going up from there.

[series guy]

I would prefer less potential leak points.

[loose gravel]

Would you need a dipstick? Could you put in a sightglass window ala motorcycles?

[Yorker]

How much capacity did the Wootz pan add? A liter? Two?


With all the people on here brainstorming it seems like we could definitely make the Wootz even better. Right?

[loose gravel]

Ooh…that’d be perfect to double as a dipstick port if not using a temp sensor, presuming the boss is far enough below the full oil level line (but not so low as to be vulnerable to damage).

Going from brand new why not both?

[SafeAirOne]

Since you don't have any mold made yet is there any way the design might be improved upon? Maybe a boss for a temperature sensor or something?

Ooh…that’d be perfect to double as a dipstick port if not using a temp sensor, presuming the boss is far enough below the full oil level line (but not so low as to be vulnerable to damage).

[Yorker]

Since you don't have any mold made yet is there any way the design might be improved upon? Maybe a boss for a temperature sensor or something?

[MilesBFree]

And I might be in the market for one - I just missed out on the last one Ike had.

[MilesBFree]

3D printing could be used with sand casting - make the mold pattern and core of plastic and then use those with sand casting. Mill the mating surface flat and away you go!

Edit: the core would need to be made from something that resists heat but that could be made from a negative that is 3D printed and then sand cast itself? Or made lost wax molds by 3D printing and use in sand casting

[8745jack]

I think he’s talking about a plastic prototype
I’m sure metal 3d printing is possible as this isn’t a complex part but the price of such unit would be very high

[loose gravel]

Can they be 3D printed?

[dporter110]

The foundry that was casting the original pans changed hands and the tooling was disposed of. The gentleman that was making them decided not to reinvest in the tooling due to increased cost. I do have 3d models and I'm currently looking for someone that can give me a reasonable price to produce these. Like everything else in our economy the production costs have risen and I'm not sure that I can produce them cheaply enough to be able to sell at an affordable price. I purchased two of the originals and wish I had purchased more. The originals are very high quality and I want to keep that standard.