[SusieQ]

Originally Posted by Tom Vaught

I have never been a fan of Aluminum foil as it does not hold its deformed shape exactly after being compressed.

I have some chrome metallic tape used to seal up dryer discharge tubes that send the dryer moisture outside. I tape a couple of pieces of that over the pick-up screen. It
keeps the "Play Dough" from entering the screen.
I put a 1/2" block of flat "dough" inside the pan and the bolt up the pan/gaskets to pan torque specs.

I then remove the pan and then measure the different heights on the dough.
Different way of doing it vs other ways but I know exactly in one operation
where the pick-up screen is vs the bottom of the pan. Kids play dough from
Hobby Lobby is cheap and never wears out.

Tom V.

I remove the chrome metallic tape and the play dough from the pan, lol!

So Tom, you suggest that I adjust it past the notch if the notch is too high correct? (Which it is.)

I'm making a bracket as we discussed a few weeks ago to hold the tube so I'm not concerned about it moving out of place. I bought the metal just yesterday. Just haven't got around to fabricating it yet. I'll share a pic when I'm done and you guys can tell me what you think.

I made a little measuring device to check pan depth and pickup clearance, but Play-Doh sounds like a lot more fun! Thanks for the tip!

[SusieQ]

I did some final measurements. Measurements that I'm sure you'll all find very interesting.

Of course, as the pickup is turned up or down, so does the screen. And small changes on the inboard side result in radical changes at the outside tip of the screen.

The tip of the screen, when the back of the screen touches the top of the gear cover plate (with the engine on the stand upside down,) leaves the tip only 1/8" from the bottom of the pan. And it actually sits inside the little dip where the drain plug goes. So it comes darn near to touching that drain plug bolt. So we're talking really low in the pan. If I sit the back side of the screen in the notch on the underside of the plate, the tip measures 3/4" directly from the tip to the little dip.

After all of this discussion, as I see it, there's only one option, unless of course I alter the cover so the screen can be adjusted with more accuracy, and that's to sit the backside of the screen in the notch which will leave it way high.

Forgive my inability to write this using proper engineering nomenclature and parlance. I hope all of you were able to follow me on this.

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