Re: FI pump blanking plate?

[Simon Favre <simon@domain.elided>]

On the advice of Tom Sahines, I tapped and plugged the oil hole anyway,
even though I was fitting a blank-off plate. The oil hole has a lot of
pressure behind it. If you don't tap it and put in a plug, it will most
likely leak. The plates themselves aren't too hard to make. I don't 
think I had to drill the block. The hole was the right size for a 
particular tap, but I don't remember the size. What you do is dip the
tap in wheel bearing grease before tapping to collect the chips, and
swab the rest of them out afterwards with a Q-tip. 

Andrew Watry wrote:

>Anyone have a blanking plate for the Spica pump mounting pad on a 1750 or
>2000 they don't need?  I'm building a US 1750 to go in a Giulia Super,
>and so need to cover up the Spica pump pad.  I don't want to drill, tap,
>and plug the oil supply hole in the block.  Thanks.

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