RB30 Sump Guard.

[mudnut]

G'day, all. My Old Trol build is progressing at a snails pace, but it is coming together.

The RB30 sump hangs quite low and is vulnerable to being punctured.

After watching Nessie's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcyQ-9emJy0 if wish to fit a guard.

I have tried a couple of searches for information on how to build a sump guard but have had no luck.

Has anyone built or bought a guard for their RB30?

[dom14]

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[dom14]

G'day, all. My Old Trol build is progressing at a snails pace, but it is coming together.

The RB30 sump hangs quite low and is vulnerable to being punctured.

After watching Nessie's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcyQ-9emJy0 if wish to fit a guard.

I have tried a couple of searches for information on how to build a sump guard but have had no luck.

Has anyone built or bought a guard for their RB30?

If you have access to a welder and a hammer, I'm guessing it's a matter of bit of panel beating??!!!

BTW, I thought a diff guard is more critical for RB30 Patrol, or am I wrong about that?!

[mudnut]

If you have access to a welder and a hammer, I'm guessing it's a matter of bit of panel beating??!!!

BTW, I thought a diff guard is more critical for RB30 Patrol, or am I wrong about that?!

As I am still running 31' tyres, my ultimate plan is to get both diffs shaved and reinforced.

[dom14]

As I am still running 31' tyres, my ultimate plan is to get both diffs shaved and reinforced.

I'm not sure about "shaving" the diff.
Won't we compromise some of the structural integrity of the diff housing?
Is the shaving necessary?
I've been thinking along the lines of reinforcing the diff by adding a bracket on each side & then welding a diff guard to that.
Usually diff guards are welded to the diff for off roading.
So, I would imagine we at least fit 33" to prepare for that.
Actually, while ago I was more interested in welding a strengthening brackets to the diff, 'cos I was told
the corrugations on some of the outback tracks can cause the diff housing to crack/bend.
Apparently the accumulative effect of hundreds of miles of corrugated tracks are equivalent of one sudden accident on the diff housing.

[dom14]

I started fabricating a diff guard for the front and rear diffs, but never finished it.
Now, following your idea, I'm wondering whether a sump guard is more of a priority?!!

[mudnut]

I started fabricating a diff guard for the front and rear diffs, but never finished it.
Now, following your idea, I'm wondering whether a sump guard is more of a priority?!!

I have wanted to build rock sliders and under body protection, mainly a sump guard as soon as I got the Patrol, but my budget has not extended that far. As I wrote, Nessies video gave me a nudge to do something.

I think the sump pans hang so far down to create a well of oil, even on steep terrain, so chopping the sump and raising it or fitting a Skyline or Commodore sump would result in a seized engine.

[dom14]

I have wanted to build rock sliders and under body protection, mainly a sump guard as soon as I got the Patrol, but my budget has not extended that far. As I wrote, Nessies video gave me a nudge to do something.

I think the sump pans hang so far down to create a well of oil, even on steep terrain, so chopping the sump and raising it or fitting a Skyline or Commodore sump would result in a seized engine.

I didn't realize that! The oil sump is deeper in the RB30 Patrol, comparing to VLs & Skylines!?
What happens when we do the EFI conversion?
Are all the EFI converted RB30 Patrols swap over the oil sump from the Patrol RB30?!!

BTW, isn't the front diff a tad closer to the ground than the sump?!!
Effectively justifying the diff shave/guard before the sump guard?!

[dom14]

G'day, all. My Old Trol build is progressing at a snails pace, but it is coming together.

The RB30 sump hangs quite low and is vulnerable to being punctured.

After watching Nessie's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcyQ-9emJy0 if wish to fit a guard.

I have tried a couple of searches for information on how to build a sump guard but have had no luck.

Has anyone built or bought a guard for their RB30?

Just watched the video above.
Getting stuck in mud that deep, is definitely not my thing.
Getting bogged in the beach sand is a bit more fun I reckon.. or may be not so.

[mudnut]

Yeah, bog holes are not my thing either, but there has been the odd occasion where turning around is not an option.

Here is a comparison between sumps.

http://280zxrb25det.blogspot.com.au/...dip-stick.html


With the shaving of the diffs, I did state I would want to reinforce the housing anyway.

I have no idea where to attach a sump guard either.