Do you use Mounted Dripping Oil Catch Pans?

PepeLoco

PepeLoco

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Ok, I know the saying, that dripping oil is normal. My household CEO just doesn't like the oil spots on the driveway and in the garage.

I heard one of y'all mention that you mount oil catch pans under the car to catch these drips. So I started looking at all the drips and realized I need to fabricate three to five of these. Trying to figure out how to mount them too.

Can y'all post some pics of how and where you mounted these?

How strong is the air flow and did your pans bend when driving?

What did you make the pans out of? Tin? Roof Sheet metal? Wife's pots/Pans?

Thanks,
Pepe
 
I bought one years ago and used it for about three days. I will sell it for $10.00 plus shipping. You can then make copies of it. Ed Saniewski
 
permanently mounted to the car??!??
Why not just get a few of these @ $12 each...

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Better yet, try to "fix' the leaks if there are that many, Sometimes tightening something will stop a leak..................
Paul in CT
 
When I bought my roadster the previous owner gave me a heavy duty baking pan, about 2' x 3'. I made a frame for it with perforated "L" metal, mounted small casters at the corners & spread out kitty litter. It easily rolls under the A, and out of the way. Only problem is the &@$?# cat occasionally uses it!!
 
Snyders (and others) sell these:

Put an end to those unsightly puddles of oil on the garage floor or the driveway! Slips over the bell housing bolts and one of the flywheel dust cover bolts. Install or remove in seconds, catches all of the oil leaking out of the rear main bearing. Powder coated black. U.S.A.
 

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heres my permentaly mounted drip pan for my rear end
its been mounted since 1961 and i have not had one problem with it
tom
 

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If the car is restored to new condition,you will not have puddles every where.You could use a large sheet of card board from a fridge ,stove etc & throw it away when too saturated.Trays from old kitchen ranges work good too.
 
I bought some trays from Wal Mart. They are in the Automotive section. They are about 1.5'x3.0' . My garage floor is treated plywood. I went to a heating, ventilating and air conditioning contractor and bought a 4'x16' piece of sheet metal and nailed it to the floor. I use the Wal Mart tray under the engine and transmission and the sheet metal from the HVAC contractor catches the miscellaneous drips. The plywood is cleaned with paint thinner if oil drips on the plywood. The floor looks almost like new.
I do not worry about puddles except in the garage.

Looking at most parking lots, there are lot of cars other than old Fords that drip oil.

The Model "T" Club slogan is " If it is not dripping oil, it is out of oil".
 
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PaulShinn said:
It's like a 'Depends' adult diaper for your Model A! Or a parade poop bag for your horse.
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The first time I went to a Model A national meet (Indianapolis 1991) the Grand Tour was to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a lap around the famous race track. The morning of the tour, the host club held a mandatory driver meeting. We were told that at the race track there would be a group of track officials inspecting the cars for oil leaks before they would be allowed on the racing surface. I would bet every local store sold out of baby diapers and duct tape within 30 minutes. More than one of the 650 Model A's on the tour were seen with diapers!!:)
 
Don't know how others do it but what our club did for a recent tour to the Jelly Belly factory was - for those of us who had known "leakers" - (a) take two small sections of cardboard (don't have to be too large and in fact - partially due to the shade in the accompanying photo below - hard to see) that can be slipped under (typically) the rear of the engine/transmission and under the differential to catch any errant drips and (b) assigned one individual to police the parking area just after we pulled away to wipe up anything that was not caught by the cardboard.

[Around here, the Jelly Belly factory is as close to a historic building as we get...]

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Vern said:
When I bought my roadster the previous owner gave me a heavy duty baking pan, about 2' x 3'. I made a frame for it with perforated "L" metal, mounted small casters at the corners & spread out kitty litter. It easily rolls under the A, and out of the way. Only problem is the &@$?# cat occasionally uses it!!
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So Vern

Does that mean you have a cat covered in oil rolling around on the sofa !

Man your looking for Trouble !!!

John Cochran
 
Show me a garage floor that doesn't have oil stains, and I'll show you a garage that doesn't have a Model A in it.
 
mot

Is it necessary to use a Maxwell House coffee can? Would any other brand can be "Good to the Last Drop?"
 
When parking you can use plastic trash bags. The drips seem to curl the pastic and the oil doesan't seem to run. Rollit up as you leave and put it in another bag
 
CarlG said:
Snyders (and others) sell these:

Put an end to those unsightly puddles of oil on the garage floor or the driveway! Slips over the bell housing bolts and one of the flywheel dust cover bolts. Install or remove in seconds, catches all of the oil leaking out of the rear main bearing. Powder coated black. U.S.A.
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Just remember with these catch cans/pans, you have to empty them. Otherwise it just fills up and drips on the floor again. I have a coating of kitty litter on the floor of the garage under the A and just change it out occasionally.
 
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