Thanks brother. I'm about to find out if the little o-rings that came in this kit will stop the oil leak or make it worse. I've never used o-rings on AN fittings but I guess it may be necessary with these ebay pieces!
I don’t blame you for not wanting to travel during knoxvillle rush hour traffic .. that crap is no joke… lol .. thats why i moved back home to New Tazewell … btw your video was educational . Thanks fir the free education .
I'm about to do this to my 5.3. Great video by the way! I'm sure if I missed it in the video or not but I'm really nervous about drilling my pan in the truck but I don't really have any other option. My question is how did you make sure there were not any shavings in the pan after drilling. Obviously you used grease on the tap and the drill bit. But what about after it was drilled. There has to be some on there right? Any tips you could give me would be awesome! By the way I subscribed! Great content!
Thank you sir. Just the grease trick and then used carb cleaner as shown in the video to push anything that may have fell in into the bottom of pan before draining the oil.
The angle of the drain line is very important. Gravity is the lint thing pulling the oil out of the turbo so you want the line to be as straight as possible and always going down and you want it to go into the pan ABOVE the level of the oil in the pan so there’s no resistance preventing the oil from draining. You can tap the pan in the back but it’s usually not a good idea because under hard acceleration the oil will slosh to the back of the pan and could cover the drain opening which could prevent the oil from draining out of the turbo and into the pan. If the oil can’t easily drain out of the turbo, it will seep around th seals and either make its way into the exhaust or into the compressor side of the turbo.
We're located in Knoxville but I've been to Smyrna many times back when I was with the 278th😉 As for the turbo build, I say go for it! I'm going to do a video soon outlining all the small parts needed that no one ever mentions so stay tuned and if you don't mind helping me out, share this channel on social media to help me grow!
Absolutely. Just needs to be large enough to taper the hole out the same outer diameter as the square drain hole in the center section of the turbo. Four years ago when this video was made I didn’t have a bit that large. I was poor boyin it. 🤣👍
I'm doing a LS swap on my 70 Nova love the channel I'll keep watching to learn any tricks or tips for my build not sure if I'm going turbo or supercharger yet check it out I'm def in the early stages gathering parts still, check it out maybe you can give me some tips keep up the build love the square body.
Thanks for watching! I checked your channel out and you got my interest for sure! I'll be watching more when I'm off work later. This is actually my first turbo build myself so I'm learning as I go along. I've always been a nitrous guy. I'm planning to do a video soon on all the small parts needed that no one ever mentions so stay tuned!👍🏻
Not how i would do it. Take pan off and weld a bung in. I have done a few of pan bungs steel and alum this way. No leaks no wondering if i got all the metal chips issues. Next one i do i will post a video.
TJS Welding and Fabrication I would have preferred to weld it to the pan but this worked out fine in a hurry. For me and thousands of others. 😉 If you’ve got the pan off and a tig that can weld aluminum handy then yes, welding the bung in is definitely the way to go. But we don’t all have that luxury brother. Gotta work with what you’ve got.
@@BadLuckGarage tell you what. The next one you do. Send me the pan and fitting and i will do it. I will modify the fitting in the lathe so it fits nice and will drill the pan and tig it in. If it takes me more than 20 minutes to do it then shame on me. You just pay shipping both ways. I will video it to.
I tell you what though. I do have the pan in this video sitting in my garage so hit me up at the BLG email in the video description if you’re just wanting to do a video on your channel then I can probably send it to you. You do a full video for your channel and send me some of the footage and I’ll shout you out for the work and maybe to a giveaway with the oil pan when I get it back. 😉
if you are doing turbo watch this video n never use 10 an on oil drain bigger is better 16mm or bigger i think watch link be blessed th-cam.com/video/ESBc0bruGZo/w-d-xo.html
If you look in the comments of that video, you’ll see I actually commented two years ago after I took measurements of my -10 fitting and debunked what he was saying about the inside diameter being too small. The best I can figure is he was measuring a cheap Chinese fitting when he made that video. The better Earls fittings actually have a 14.8mm inside diameter which is only 1mm smaller than a 5/8 hose. By the time you take the smaller diameter of a 5/8ths barbed fitting that you would have to clamp onto into account, you’re actually ending up with a LARGER inside diameter at the fitting by using a quality -10 fitting. 👍🏻
Had to roll back and watch this one again, I have this project coming up, great video!
Thanks brother. I'm about to find out if the little o-rings that came in this kit will stop the oil leak or make it worse. I've never used o-rings on AN fittings but I guess it may be necessary with these ebay pieces!
I don’t blame you for not wanting to travel during knoxvillle rush hour traffic .. that crap is no joke… lol .. thats why i moved back home to New Tazewell … btw your video was educational . Thanks fir the free education .
“If that don’t work screw it ill jb weld it”😂Mercia
Lol. Luckily it worked fine and didn’t come to that. But I keep that JB weld in stock. 🤣👍
So nobody is going to talk about how his Dad is still pulling through for him from the other side 🤔
Thats how dads roll !!!
The Chinese translation 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I know this video is old but just to be clear, you used a 9/16 drill bit and a 3/8 NPT tap?
exactly what i was thinking, three's no that'll work
I'm about to do this to my 5.3. Great video by the way! I'm sure if I missed it in the video or not but I'm really nervous about drilling my pan in the truck but I don't really have any other option. My question is how did you make sure there were not any shavings in the pan after drilling. Obviously you used grease on the tap and the drill bit. But what about after it was drilled. There has to be some on there right? Any tips you could give me would be awesome! By the way I subscribed! Great content!
Thank you sir. Just the grease trick and then used carb cleaner as shown in the video to push anything that may have fell in into the bottom of pan before draining the oil.
Did you ever have a problem about the metal shaveing that went in the pan while tapping
Nope
Can you tap the drain on the low side of the pan kinda by the drain plug without any problems?
The angle of the drain line is very important. Gravity is the lint thing pulling the oil out of the turbo so you want the line to be as straight as possible and always going down and you want it to go into the pan ABOVE the level of the oil in the pan so there’s no resistance preventing the oil from draining. You can tap the pan in the back but it’s usually not a good idea because under hard acceleration the oil will slosh to the back of the pan and could cover the drain opening which could prevent the oil from draining out of the turbo and into the pan. If the oil can’t easily drain out of the turbo, it will seep around th seals and either make its way into the exhaust or into the compressor side of the turbo.
Good tips man 💯
where are you located in tennessee....im in smyrna....im fixing to do a 5.3 turbo build on my 85 s15 longbox
We're located in Knoxville but I've been to Smyrna many times back when I was with the 278th😉 As for the turbo build, I say go for it! I'm going to do a video soon outlining all the small parts needed that no one ever mentions so stay tuned and if you don't mind helping me out, share this channel on social media to help me grow!
What size tap was it? And then next question was it a special type of tap? Did you have to get a npt tap?
Show us you didn’t watch the video without telling us you didn’t watch the video.
You could have used a big drill bit to open up the fitting . Good video though. Thank you.
Absolutely. Just needs to be large enough to taper the hole out the same outer diameter as the square drain hole in the center section of the turbo. Four years ago when this video was made I didn’t have a bit that large. I was poor boyin it. 🤣👍
@@BadLuckGarage we’ve all been there my friend. Keep up with the great content.
How is that drain part holding up?
th-cam.com/play/PLnObA-smhvwMUPQqTyz2gHi_EKoCBYBkr.html
I'm doing a LS swap on my 70 Nova love the channel I'll keep watching to learn any tricks or tips for my build not sure if I'm going turbo or supercharger yet check it out I'm def in the early stages gathering parts still, check it out maybe you can give me some tips keep up the build love the square body.
Thanks for watching! I checked your channel out and you got my interest for sure! I'll be watching more when I'm off work later. This is actually my first turbo build myself so I'm learning as I go along. I've always been a nitrous guy. I'm planning to do a video soon on all the small parts needed that no one ever mentions so stay tuned!👍🏻
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GREAT INFO
Not how i would do it. Take pan off and weld a bung in. I have done a few of pan bungs steel and alum this way. No leaks no wondering if i got all the metal chips issues. Next one i do i will post a video.
TJS Welding and Fabrication I would have preferred to weld it to the pan but this worked out fine in a hurry. For me and thousands of others. 😉 If you’ve got the pan off and a tig that can weld aluminum handy then yes, welding the bung in is definitely the way to go. But we don’t all have that luxury brother. Gotta work with what you’ve got.
@@BadLuckGarage tell you what. The next one you do. Send me the pan and fitting and i will do it. I will modify the fitting in the lathe so it fits nice and will drill the pan and tig it in. If it takes me more than 20 minutes to do it then shame on me. You just pay shipping both ways. I will video it to.
Sounds good brother. I don’t know that I’ll ever do another turbo build but I’ll keep that in mind. 👍🏻
I tell you what though. I do have the pan in this video sitting in my garage so hit me up at the BLG email in the video description if you’re just wanting to do a video on your channel then I can probably send it to you. You do a full video for your channel and send me some of the footage and I’ll shout you out for the work and maybe to a giveaway with the oil pan when I get it back. 😉
O'Reilly's and harbor freight
Are you running a scavenging pump
No sir. Theres no need for a pump in this setup.
if you are doing turbo watch this video n never use 10 an on oil drain bigger is better 16mm or bigger i think watch link be blessed th-cam.com/video/ESBc0bruGZo/w-d-xo.html
If you look in the comments of that video, you’ll see I actually commented two years ago after I took measurements of my -10 fitting and debunked what he was saying about the inside diameter being too small. The best I can figure is he was measuring a cheap Chinese fitting when he made that video. The better Earls fittings actually have a 14.8mm inside diameter which is only 1mm smaller than a 5/8 hose. By the time you take the smaller diameter of a 5/8ths barbed fitting that you would have to clamp onto into account, you’re actually ending up with a LARGER inside diameter at the fitting by using a quality -10 fitting. 👍🏻