The Daily Engineering dry sump pan is a piece of art. Unlike most other dry sump pans that have a multitude of scavenge lines projecting from the sides, Daily CNCs those pathways into the pan which provides a much cleaner installation. However, this results in a single large scavenge line which requires a massive scavenge filter rather than a small filter or screen on each of the protruding lines. Daily recommends a -16 400 Series filter from Peterson Fluid Systems. It’s 2-1/2” in diameter, 9-3/4” long and the -16 hose and hose ends are huge with a large bend radius. All of this makes it difficult to package the filter between the engine and the oil reservoir.
The top and bottom halves of the oil reservoir can be independently clocked which is helpful when routing hoses. However, no matter what I tried, I was unable to get any flexible hose between the filter and the tank and I settled on a solution that utilized a 45-degree union fitting that attaches the filter directly to the reservoir. The issue with that approach is that there is no flex hose to isolate the filter from the reservoir and they will vibrate at different frequencies which will eventually cause the weld on the bung in the reservoir to crack.
Temporary “angle finding” jig
To solve that problem, I needed to fabricate a bracket to dampen filter vibrations. The challenge was that the filter and the 2”x 2” chassis tube were pointed in different directions with a compound angle between them. I purchased a panel-mount billet bracket from Peterson, but measurements and angle finding attempts between it and the chassis provided futile. I then hacked together the above “angle finding” jig with two pieces of scrap right-angle aluminum and a vibration-dampening sandwich mount. Since there is only one screw per connection it provides four axes with 360-degrees of rotation each of which was orthogonal to the adjacent axes.
Within a matter of seconds, I was able to get it perfectly aligned. Wow, that was easy! I tightened the screws to preserve the orientation and removed the bracket which made it easy to measure the angles on the bench. This allowed me to design a bracket. The single screw per connection was critical to the angle finder, but antithetical to the bracket’s purpose so it utilizes two screws per connection to prevent rotation.
The bracket was laser cut from 1/8” stainless steel because welding small aluminum parts isn’t fun and the parts were well under the $29 order minimum. I added a couple of other parts and was still under the minimum.
3D-printed prototype bracket (left), welded stainless steel bracket (middle) and billet Peterson bracket (right)
Bracket assembled and ready for installation
Filter and bracket installed
The next step is to run the -16 hose to the pump and weld a couple of gussets to the weld bung just to be safe.