cheers guys....that spurs me to keep up my build standard high.
managed to alter my oil pick up by cutting a couple of Vees in the bends then closing them up and silver solder the cuts together.....on trying it for size I have discovered I still have a 1/2" gap to lose....I manage to take this up by prizing the gauze out and then shortening the pipe inside by jut over 1/2" .... the gauze was then cut and reshaped, then nipped back into its original circle, I offered this up with the sump and all is hunky dory now, so with a little luck bottom end refurb should be complete later on today.
mind you I was cutting it a little fine with the pick up......once bolted on there is just 1mm clearance between the pipe and con rod big end
standard pick up
after 'v' ing the bends then soldering them up
just 1mm clearance wher the big end rotates past the pick up
and now with the very end and gauze shortened.
