Mini Oil Sump, EMPI. 1973 VW Bus Restoration Part 14.

While attempting my first oil change on our 1973 Volkswagen Bus I over torqued one of the nuts and sheared off the threaded rod. This led me down a rabbit hole looking for a replacement stud, and I found this Mini Oil Sump kit by EMPI. It has a much better filter than the stock mesh screen, and also comes with replacement threaded rods.
Links:
EMPI Mini Sump: amzn.to/3W8yqED
Castrol 20W-50 High Zinc Oil: amzn.to/49RRQRc
M6 tap: amzn.to/3xTMbwx
Ring Magnets: amzn.to/49NTS51
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[@SundryTalesOfConstance79WESTY]

Oh nooooo! Nooice recovery ! 😎 STOC

[@callalilycollective]

Little nerve racking drilling into my engine block. But seems to be working.

[@pstreetgarage7304]

Nice job ! Hope it works out for you.

[@callalilycollective]

Thanks. Drilling into the engine block was a little nerve racking, but I’ve screwed up enough threads in my time so it wasn’t my first rodeo. Been happy with the filter/sump so far. This footage is 2 months old.

[@Mars36912]

Nice work, and after I'm curious can you just purchased the filter himself are need to purchased the complete kit again.

[@callalilycollective]

Hey Mars, they do sell replacement filters on eBay and Amazon for $15 to $20. The filter is also marketed as washable since it’s really just more of a finer metal mesh.
This is really just a stop gap solution for me. I eventually plan to put a proper external oil filter on it.

[@Mars36912]

@@callalilycollective Thank you For the reply and if i don't mistake in other video you create i saw you install a external oil filter. and I'm curious if you did a video on this one.

[@callalilycollective]

@@Mars36912 I have not installed an external oil filter. I plan to eventually do that, but have a lot of other projects I need to do first. There are a couple kits out there for it, but I have not done enough research to figure out which setup is best.