Stupid idea for ACSD? (2 Viewers)

[SKULLYOTA]

while cleaning out my garage I found a stash of ACSD blanking plates I drew up in CAD and laser cut. They are 5mm 6061 aluminum. Anyone see a problem with this vs steel? I had one on my last diesel cruiser before i sold it and all my spares. It seemed to work just fine but I didn’t have any long term observations.


TL;DR is aluminum a safe material to make a ACSD blanking plate out of?

 

[4Ruster]

I can't see it being a problem as the pump housings have an O ring seal built into them

 

[roma042987]

Some factory blanking plates are aluminum but they are not just flat plates and have ribs to increase rigidity.

 

[veiloctane]

while cleaning out my garage I found a stash of ACSD blanking plates I drew up in CAD and laser cut. They are 5mm 6061 aluminum. Anyone see a problem with this vs steel? I had one on my last diesel cruiser before i sold it and all my spares. It seemed to work just fine but I didn’t have any long term observations.


TL;DR is aluminum a safe material to make a ACSD blanking plate out of?

just make it thick and also make sure its true and flat Viton orings help too