Fitting the oil pump pick up (M19 pump)

[Bluebell]

Hi guys, How do you go about it?
I have just sat the sump on and it doesn't sit down with the new screen in the pump pick up. I have judiciously (carefully) bent the tube down in the vice, but not enough yet.
I wondered if the guys who do a lot of these have any advice?
Do you work to a measurement off the pan face? The screen probably shouldn't be touching the pan at all.
I have by the way cut the baffle from the sump pan. It is a wartime sump pan and the recommended pick up.
Thanks in advance.
Lynn.

 

[chap52]

You're correct the screen does not touch the bottom of the pan. That space is reserved for the junk that will settle from the oil as it circulates. I have a Melling pump on my 52 EAB and as I recall the top of the screen is only about 2-3 inches below the crank assembly putting the bottom of the screen deep enough in the oil to not suck air.
Try setting your pan on a flat area so it is level, place 5 qts of water in it, see where the "water line ends up on the pan, measure from the waterline to the top edge of the pan. This will give you a reference point to where yo want that pick-up to be. Just a thought.

 

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

With the M19 pump you have to use the truck pickup tube, differant pans you usually have to bend the tube a little. It''s easy with engine upside down, I take a piece of tin and cover the crank and a small torch and heat the tube a couple of inches from the pump and bend the screen area where you want it. Walt

 

[51 MERC-CT]

As a reference this is the oil screen to pan clearance on a 50' Merc. pan.
The math says 9/16" clearance plus the gasket.