Mr. G. Brettin's Slow Motion Leg Hump

gbrettin · 09-09-2022, 09:02 AM

The Sikky pan was a flop!

Sikky designed their pan to work exclusively with Sikky mounts. Unfortunately I can not change from my LOJ mounts because the transmission, turbos, up pipes and exhaust can not move back and down roughly 3in that is needed.

Some injury to insult... The hydraulic jack used to bring my k-member up and down works with approximations. When letting the jack down it abruptly drops about 1-2 feet and then bounces a bit. Not super scarry at all with a few hundred pounds sitting on it. Don't worry about it dropping too far because my stainless steel brake lines slowed one of the bounces. Sooooo.... looks like I'm in the market to replace my SS brake lines. Not that they leak or anything but they did just have 200lb yank on them.

Later that night, when I was really mad, I called my buddy who designed the pan and asked him if we could chop the flange off the Sikky pan and weld it up to the old pan ... Sure can! So I am going to meet yo with him and both of the pans to make some Frankenstein stuff happen.

The next day after that call I was a bit more calm and found a remote adapter that might be adapted to the old pan with out hacking the Sikky pan up. That would allow me to sell the Sikky pan at a discount to someone, because it's "used".

My Amsoil came in... which was a slap in the face.

Aggression was taken out on my cubby mold. Right side of the mold is now smoothed out. Left side and top need just a bit more, but the next step is going to be filling some of the low belt sanded spots with a bit of fiberglass.

Really, the mold is nearly done! It's shaped out to do vacuum bag molds. The face of the cubby for the mold is pristine still, and as far as I'm concerned the only thing that really needs to look perfect. As you can see the back has been dinged up. I'll hit the bad spots with bondo and sand smooth but like I said... not a big deal.

Shows how far the engine needs to move back compared to the oil pickup... 3in?

Space on the back of the engine compared to firewall.

Ordered this next day air. Maybe it's a fix? Like I said, I'll chop the $780.00 Sikky pan to get this project done.

Oil that can't go in my car...

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09-09-2022, 09:02 AM	#11 (permalink)
gbrettin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Portage, MI Posts: 2,301 Drives: Tricycle Rep Power: 589151	The Sikky pan was a flop! Sikky designed their pan to work exclusively with Sikky mounts. Unfortunately I can not change from my LOJ mounts because the transmission, turbos, up pipes and exhaust can not move back and down roughly 3in that is needed. Some injury to insult... The hydraulic jack used to bring my k-member up and down works with approximations. When letting the jack down it abruptly drops about 1-2 feet and then bounces a bit. Not super scarry at all with a few hundred pounds sitting on it. Don't worry about it dropping too far because my stainless steel brake lines slowed one of the bounces. Sooooo.... looks like I'm in the market to replace my SS brake lines. Not that they leak or anything but they did just have 200lb yank on them. Later that night, when I was really mad, I called my buddy who designed the pan and asked him if we could chop the flange off the Sikky pan and weld it up to the old pan ... Sure can! So I am going to meet yo with him and both of the pans to make some Frankenstein stuff happen. The next day after that call I was a bit more calm and found a remote adapter that might be adapted to the old pan with out hacking the Sikky pan up. That would allow me to sell the Sikky pan at a discount to someone, because it's "used". My Amsoil came in... which was a slap in the face. Aggression was taken out on my cubby mold. Right side of the mold is now smoothed out. Left side and top need just a bit more, but the next step is going to be filling some of the low belt sanded spots with a bit of fiberglass. Really, the mold is nearly done! It's shaped out to do vacuum bag molds. The face of the cubby for the mold is pristine still, and as far as I'm concerned the only thing that really needs to look perfect. As you can see the back has been dinged up. I'll hit the bad spots with bondo and sand smooth but like I said... not a big deal. Shows how far the engine needs to move back compared to the oil pickup... 3in? Space on the back of the engine compared to firewall. Ordered this next day air. Maybe it's a fix? Like I said, I'll chop the $780.00 Sikky pan to get this project done. Oil that can't go in my car...