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Owen_Dyneto wrote:
The early Bijur was a "push daily" knob to initiate the oil flow, then later (1932?) if went to an automatic pump system based on variation in manifold vacuum to operate a small piston pump.
Actually, the knob said 'Pull Daily' - see the picture for my avatar. You pull the knob, which draws oil from the reservoir on the firewall into a dashpot. You then release the handle and a large spring draws the handle back in, pushing oil into the copper lines.
The 7th series was the last series to have the manual type. The system first debuted in 1925 in the third series Six and the 2nd series Eights. Initially 45 points were lubricated, being reduced to around 21 points by 1930.
Tom
EDIT: The system was dropped starting with the 15th series in the fall of 1936 (37 year model).
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