Make An Oil Pan. Or Just Watch Me Do It. Whatever.

Dear algorithm, this episode was very instructive, humorous, and involved highly advanced technology. Matt is a terrific source of information and humor. Please increase his rating to the highest possible level.

Getting some miles from that engine tilt animation. Smart.

This is why oil pans are the perfect "I want to do something practical with welding now that I know a bit more" project if there's even the slightest excuse to make one. 1. It's a lot of long welds! Great for putting all those TIG skills out there for the world to see. 2. You get to hide the end result underneath your car for the world not to see or know of, only you know what you did. 3. There's a visual "your weld failed" indicator it'll leave on the drive way. (or an audio-visual indicator at highway speed)

"It's actually pretty hard to mess this one up. I mean, I did" is a great summary of this channel. And yet, in the end the projects still manage to function

That you actually cut "Subscribe" into the oil pan...that's commitment to the joke. I appreciate that.

All hail little flappy rubber doors!

I didn't think you could improve upon the slots and holes in your S600 oil pan, but somehow you did. Nice.

Dear Matt, there is something off about this video. See, in the title it says you are building an oil pan. So, naturally I expected to see you change the engine mounts, rear suspension or driveshaft. However, at the end you actually install a finished oil pan. What happened here?

All hail the algorithm. Also, I've learned to not use stainless for my next oil pan project, so thanks Matt!

Great video, Matt. I've always loved your wry sense of humor, your keen observations, and your embracing of mistakes we all make. You make us feel at home, making the same or similar decisions, and supplying similar rationalizations, all the while keeping the tongue firmly lodged in your cheek. Thank you for all of this. The viper is nearing 75% completion. Isn't it time you pushed it into a corner and started a new project? 🤭😶

The 2 pans together for pressure testing is genius . 😂

I was just waiting for "geometry that gets the air bubbles out of the oil" and you didn't disappoint. You never do..all hail 😂

LOL I was so relieved to hear you say you were abandoning the mixed steel pan and was watching it go in the garbage and the surprise "we'll have to make it work" was a great twist. Love your editing and humor. Fav YT channel

One tip for stainless is to clamp a piece of copper or aluminum to the back of the weld to suck the heat out while the weld is still protected by the torch.

Compared to some of the oem oil pans ive encountered over the years this is a work of art!

Man, this one was like watching Matt do surgery on a cute baby seal with a dull foam pool noodle. It seems like the patient survived but not for lack of trying lol! Got it, don't use stainless for oil pans. We'll learn something either way, thanks Matt!

It do be like that. Honestly I really appreciate the transparency around the process. Its encouraging to see that completely batshit custom car mods are actually a genuine struggle. This is the same back and forth wish-I'd-thought-of-this-I-really-should-have-known-better prototyping I've been wrestling with on my own builds. So thanks, I feel less alone and stupid.

Awesome 😊 Where did you get these rubber flappers? Are they going to be OK being soaked in hot oil?

Loving the progress Matt! One word of caution with stainless. When welded without back purge you get 'sugar' (grit) on the back sides of the weld. I made a water injection tank a few years back without back purge and it was full of it. I ended up sealing the backs of the weld with some PU sealer. I would try to die grind / clean up any areas you have read through on the welds back to clean metal then give a real good clean. Grit and bearings don't mix

So... Turns out Stainless is a seriously interesting material to work with... Watching you run into two of the big problems with stainless was entertaining(?) :) It turns out that stainless is MUCH more sensitive to warping than structural steels. It turns out this means you've got to be REALLY on top of your setup, weld procedure (sequencing, no long runs, moving around the part) and ensure that you move FAST. Stainless is one of the harder materials to weld... Try using backstepping and lots of start and stop, while sequencing around the part. It also turns out that stainless work hardens enormously when machined... There are specific settings you've got to use for machining stainless... Normally the trick is to increase feed per tooth pretty significantly, this is because each chip formation creates a work hardened area where the material is separated... You have to cut deeper than the work hardened area to be able to get a clean cut, otherwise you'll just cook your part and have chatter problems... This may drive you to using smaller finer inserts in your mill because your mill stiffness can't keep up with the cut requirements for larger inserts... Try small finishing inserts for your cuts... They'll lower the forces and allow you to use a sensible fpt. Or you could avoid stainless in future :) Also, if that filter mesh is stainless you'll probably get stress corrosion cracking and feed the filter or weld debris into the pump... Good luck :) Oh, and I do love watching these things :)