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Does anyone know what this is? I am attempting to attach a photo to this post. It says "Warning Use 10-W Motor Oil Only". I found this brass tag in a glove compartment of a 1934 Packard Super Eight that I purchased last year. I don't think it refers to the crankcase oil or to the Bijur chassis oiling system, since they use heavier weight oils. I have no clue what this is and would appreciate hearing from the collective wisdom in this forum.

thanks
Peter Hemken
WDM, IA

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Thanks for the assist getting the photo uploaded.

Peter

Having owned and been around 34 Packards for 50+ years, I don't think that tag is associated with the car. The only remote possibility is if the car had the type of radio that required a motor/alternator set which was often mounted in the glove box - I've never examined one of them closely for whatever lubrication needs they might have had. Other than that I think it's unrelated to your car. The only places where the factory lubrication chart calls for SAE 10 motor oil is for the generator (which I've never seen a tag on) and the crankcase when temperatures are below zero.

SAE 50 is appropriate for your Bijur system.

total SWAG, but could it be from an accessory top oiler? Low viscosity oil would make sense there

I think that tag is for the torque converter on an old Chrysler Fluid Drive Coupling Unit.

Peter, welcome to PackardInfo.com.

-> This link goes to a DeSoto thread, which reads:

"... got another tip from someone owning a '41 Soto this weekend. He told me it could also be the oil inside the gear box. There's a label literally screaming out loud WARNING! USE 10W MOTOR OIL ONLY! ..."

G'day Peter Hemken,
to PackardInfo and I invite you to include your '34 Packard Super Eight in the Packard Owner's Registry.

Good call, Tim!

Thanks for the solution to this puzzle. Heaven knows what a Desoto or perhaps Chrysler tag was doing in a Packard glove compartment but stranger things have happened.

cheers
Peter Hemken
West Des Moines, IA