Just an FYI for the future. There are 2 types of 3/8 diameter pick up tubes made for the "B/RB" Chrysler's. The one you have is the Melling P/N: 63S4 ( an "S" shaped bent tube) and is designed to be used with the H/P 6 quart oil pan ("Street Hemi/440 6 pack") and later "C" bodies (Monaco/Polara's). The other is the Melling P/N: 63S3 which has a straight tube with a 60 degree bend going to the pick up screen and used on the "stock" 4-5 quart pans. I have had to heat and bend "both" types of pickup tubes to get the clearance height & angle to pan sump bottom set correctly but I have never had to cut and weld them. Hope this helps. Regards, Tim.
I would have made what I needed similar to your job, but would have put a small piece in there that both ends would slide into like a coupling before I welded it back together. Good job. A machinist makes things by machining it and a Mechanic fixes things by repairing it , and today we have parts changers that are not mechanics, or machinists. Peace.
Don’t blame the Chinese for bad parts.Blame the companies that sell this crap because the profit margins are much higher. It’s all about the money and screw the customers.
I (at one point) wished that Chrysler made these with valve covers, and oil pans with something better the tin metal. Bad design, and with a porous deck made for unnecessary hastles also. They were definitely the Ford of our day
Someone must be redesigning sub assemblies that cannot work with corresponding Oil pans and windage trays. All three pieces should be sold as a complete assembly, that way they all fit. Maybe it's the conversion from standard to metric and back to standard 🤔. Or perhaps I should STFU 😅
Just an FYI for the future. There are 2 types of 3/8 diameter pick up tubes made for the "B/RB" Chrysler's. The one you have is the Melling P/N: 63S4 ( an "S" shaped bent tube) and is designed to be used with the H/P 6 quart oil pan ("Street Hemi/440 6 pack") and later "C" bodies (Monaco/Polara's). The other is the Melling P/N: 63S3 which has a straight tube with a 60 degree bend going to the pick up screen and used on the "stock" 4-5 quart pans. I have had to heat and bend "both" types of pickup tubes to get the clearance height & angle to pan sump bottom set correctly but I have never had to cut and weld them. Hope this helps. Regards, Tim.
I would have made what I needed similar to your job, but would have put a small piece in there that both ends would slide into like a coupling before I welded it back together. Good job. A machinist makes things by machining it and a Mechanic fixes things by repairing it , and today we have parts changers that are not mechanics, or machinists. Peace.
Don’t blame the Chinese for bad parts.Blame the companies that sell this crap because the profit margins are much higher. It’s all about the money and screw the customers.
Very nice job.
Thanks for sharing.
Fixed like it should have been.
Take care, Ed.
Thanks 👍
Clever use of an indicator stand.
Yes, it's works, I need to make a more universal clamp for it though
Love your work Mr. Powell but the inside of the tube was it cleaned/ checked for weld slag?
Absolutely, that engine is running great
I (at one point) wished that Chrysler made these with valve covers, and oil pans with something better the tin metal. Bad design, and with a porous deck made for unnecessary hastles also. They were definitely the Ford of our day
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Someone must be redesigning sub assemblies that cannot work with corresponding Oil pans and windage trays. All three pieces should be sold as a complete assembly, that way they all fit. Maybe it's the conversion from standard to metric and back to standard 🤔. Or perhaps I should STFU 😅
Yep, it was a pan/ pickup set purchased from a mopar specialist