Re: 1940 Super 8 160 Model 1803 Project
Posted by Jim On 2011/5/17 0:03:31
Not a great deal of progress tonight. Picked up brass nuts, brass freeze plugs, and a replacement oil filter element.
The oil filter on the left is a Wix 51080 factory spec. small filter and on the right is an alternative Wix 51010 Large replacement filter that comes with the wrong gasket. The image doesn't really show how much bigger the 51010 is. Almost twice as big! Since I am plumbed as delivered with all oil supply piped through the filter to supply the lifters I am going to use the bigger filter (oddly, oils enters the center of the filter) for maximum flow and minimum chance of plugging. Will also change more often. I really like the idea of filtered oil going to the lifters and this car seems to have functioned as is for 71 years.
Other than that, I inspected the mushroom of the tappet through the oil drain back hole I extracted the ballooned lifter out of to ensure the mushroom did not break off (I understand this happens at times) and found it to be just fine. Very glad! Went ahead and re-inspected, cleaned again, and lubricated the tappet in preparation for lifter and valve installation.
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The oil filter on the left is a Wix 51080 factory spec. small filter and on the right is an alternative Wix 51010 Large replacement filter that comes with the wrong gasket. The image doesn't really show how much bigger the 51010 is. Almost twice as big! Since I am plumbed as delivered with all oil supply piped through the filter to supply the lifters I am going to use the bigger filter (oddly, oils enters the center of the filter) for maximum flow and minimum chance of plugging. Will also change more often. I really like the idea of filtered oil going to the lifters and this car seems to have functioned as is for 71 years.
Other than that, I inspected the mushroom of the tappet through the oil drain back hole I extracted the ballooned lifter out of to ensure the mushroom did not break off (I understand this happens at times) and found it to be just fine. Very glad! Went ahead and re-inspected, cleaned again, and lubricated the tappet in preparation for lifter and valve installation.
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