What do you mean "if the liquid cooled turbos put out enough heat to run the heater alone"?

 

Now that I think about it, I think it must have been discussed in the Deutz section of 4btswaps, but some of the people were setting up their heaters to run off of the turbos since the Deutz are air cooled.

 

Got it. I wouldn't think the turbo would produce enough heat.

 

I hope this isn't a stupid question. Would there be any issues if I used copper tubing for the oil pickup? I need to modify the oil pickup tube in my kubota to make it fit right in my F-150. I've been looking around locally and can't find any steel tubing to use. Home depot had the exact size that I was looking for in their plumbing department, but only in type M copper.

 

I would not use copper tubing for the oil pickup. The vibration will cause the copper to harden and eventually crack. Once the copper cracks the pump will suck air, reducing or eliminating oil supply to the motor.

Hopefully someone else will post with a recomendation on where to find suitable tubing. My thought is pull some oil pans at your local recycler and look for a donor.

 

I used 1/2 steel pipe, you can get it Home Depot. It's not exactly the same size but it doesn't matter it you weld it up.

 

Usedkubotaman, that is EXACTLY the design that I was planning on doing! I've had a few bad experiences welding that type of pipe, but I'll give it another try. Thanks guys!

 

I bought a length of stainless steel 1/2" pipe to modify the oil pickup tube. After welding I water tested the tube, welded some more, water tested again, etc. At the end I tested with soap and air. At 110 psi a couple small bubbles formed around one of the beads on the elbow. Do you think that's airtight enough or do I need to fix it?

 

My first question would be using SS welded to mild steel? I'm not really educated on the subject but if you got it to stick I guess it will be fine. Second, I wouldn't sweat a tiny soap bubble, if your pan is like mine the entire pickup screen, pipe, and pickup hole in the block is under the oil level. Theoretically you could run them without any pickup.

 

Thanks Kubotaman I've welded SS and mild steel together quite a bit and never had difficulties... until I get to really thin stuff that is. My engine is tilted back a little so the spot with the pin holes will definitely be under oil, just wanted to make sure though.