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Chris and I used a spacer.. sealed the joint interface with silicone. 
Worked ok.. we had oil picking up and getting pumped (this was 13B 2nd 
gen)..

Eyeballing what you have, I see no reason a fabbed spacer should be a 
problem.
Dave

kevin lane wrote:
> by building a 1/2" spacer to match the thickness of the engine mount 
> plate, is there any reason I can't use this oil pickup?  it is 
> plastic, but has a nice internal screen and the tip rests on the oil 
> pan bottom (or very close to it, judging from an eyeballed guess).  my 
> 20B had steel parts, my only prior experience.    kevin
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