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Old 06-03-2010, 12:26 PM
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I just took a good look at my K341 oil pan from my 1650. I was going to work on the QL engine mount mod and found the bolt bosses on the oil pan are worn off to the side to the point that I cannot mount the engine mount to the oil pan to do the mod. I am planning to have a machine shop weld up the bosses and machine them back to spec. Has anybody had any welding done on one of these Kohler cast aluminum (or is it just pot metal?) oil pans? Did it work?

I'll get some pics up soon.
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Tony,

I'd just replace the aluminum oil pan with a cast iron one. The aluminum one on my 1250 wasn't worth welding up.
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Yeah, they are aluminum and not pot metal. I don't know much, but I can tell you... I can weld aluminum and I have a Bridgeport mill that I can/could mill a pan "back into shape" with, and I still wouldn't mess with it, (not trying to be a wise guy) it's just not worth the effort. I'm also ascared to ask what a shop would charge for such an undertaking.

ACecil has the right idea... If it were me, I'd put an ad in the "wanted section" on this site/check with the sponsors/watch epay. You should be able to find a cast iron pan for a lot less money than the cost of the machine work on your old pan.
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Thanks guys. Sounds like good advice. I think I'm still going to be able to use this one like it is, at least temporarily until I can find a new one. I bolted it up to the mount rails last night and I think it will hold fine, once I get the mod done.
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