I found this informatiom usefull as I run the long discontinued # 31390 Milodon rear sump A body oil pan that has the crossover tube for the tie rod to pass through. These used a rear drop down ( straight down ) oil pickup that attatches to the bottom of the oil pump. It also used a deep rotor kit that is no longer available!!!
It has been frustrating constantly searching for parts to keep it all going.
I like the looks of the Kevko pickups and wonder if they will work with my pan?
If any of you members have the deep rotor kit or the pan I use I am willing to buy....
Grant Eaton
I have the same 31390 pan, it's 11" deep now but I'm shortening it to about 8.75" deep. Also relocating the accel baffle up and putting it at a 45° angle. I don't know your application, but I'm actually going to shorten the M-72 pump gears and body by .100" for a 8000+ rpm drag race motor. I have the Kevco pickup for the 9", and it's actually a bit short at 8.5" from the block pan rail, but does clear the steering link tube.
Cutting and adding a section to tubing is so easy. I Mig weld thin wall tube and never have leaks.
For my LRT, my new Milodon 30985 360 truck pan is 10.75 inch deep 8 qt. I am going to run 6 qt + dual 51515 filters so 7.5 qts. I did find the Kevco 9 inch pickup too short for my stock 360 truck pan and was making my own for it, but I will be sectioning the Kevco one to fit the Milodon pan.
I was told that a stock oil pump using the Kevco type pickup will suck more oil per minuet than the Melling High Volume with the stock sipper straw pickup tube. The stock pickups are 3/8 pipe thread so the inside diameter is between 3/8" and 7/16". The Kevco is 5/8" ID
