Re: 1955 Oil Pumps

Posted by Muir On 2017/12/31 19:59:48

Sorry guys, didn't mean to bring up the partial filtration bypass: every forum on every vehicle made in the fifties worldwide grinds through the same should have/ shouldn't have

- anyways, I do like the olds pump conversion - for peace of mind especially as you know you're going to have no lifter rattle and good pressure at idle etc. It's a good feeling



"Are you sure you mean fourty-five thousandths, not four and a half thousandths wear on the mains?"

Yep - the crank was toasted. I took a photo of one of the mains and it's about as bad as a crank could get

I'm really pleased to hear about your car being so good. As I'd kind of mentioned earlier - I'm sure that if the car has been well treated, oil changes, good oils in the past etc they can and will live.
I feel a bit like, as with most modern cars marginal cooling systems, it takes very little, in this case grubby and solid oil, to turn an adequate oiling system into an inadequate and potentially disastrous one.

Isn't it a gorgeous day, especially when it was meant to rain