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drdano

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Oil pan baffle dimensions?
« on: November 16, 2011, 10:52:56 AM »
I'm looking at adding a shelf baffle to the front of my stock '62 oil pan.  Does anyone have the dimmensions of one from say a canton or milodon standard capacity pan?  The width is a given, but I'm not sure how long towards the front of the pan it should extend. Depth from the pan mounting surface would be nice to know too.

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Re: Oil pan baffle dimensions?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2011, 11:07:41 PM »
Here is the Milodon stock replacement pan.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MIL-30740/?rtype=7
Summit has a pan for 49.95 and I think it has a better baffle than the Milodon.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G3537/
Or you can hard tack a baffle in your pan
You have to come out from the slope about 3 inchs at the 3 1/2 to 4 quart level.
Make sure you clamp it down square or bolt it to a block well welding.
It can and will twist up on you and then it will leak more than it already does.

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Re: Oil pan baffle dimensions?
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2011, 12:34:37 PM »
I like the shelf type baffle of that Milodon pan better than the other early CJ style of the Summit pan.  I think I'll use your technique of finding where 3-4 quarts level is in the pan and place the baffle between the two levels.  I think their technique of not welding the plate all the way in, but leaving a few spots open for drainback will work good and should keep the oil from pooling on the wrong side of the baffle. 

Thanks for the links and photos, this is a big help.  I'll post some photos of the baffle when I get it done.