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GinRicky · 06-13-2020, 12:33 AM

Well, I finally got to the oil after working on a '40 Buick wiper system that managed to get in my way. Pulled the oil pan drain plug and nothing came out. Pushing an allen key around in there got the old mineral oil flowing, but I was flabbergasted. I have never used that term before. It gets worse. I then pulled the valve cover off and, although it wasn't nearly as bad as the video link posted earlier in this thread, the more I dug into it the more grey material came out. Lots of grey sludge, and not a few small ferrous bits of metal. I shouldn't have run it as much as I did. I already knew that but seeing this mess... haven't yet dropped the pan. How do you secure the oil pump when the pan is dropped? I've heard NPT plug, etc. Motor still ran well but I am really dubious now as to what I will find with the pan down.

06-13-2020, 12:33 AM	#43
GinRicky Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Asheville, NC USA Posts: 24	Re: 1929 Fordor Briggs Running Again Well, I finally got to the oil after working on a '40 Buick wiper system that managed to get in my way. Pulled the oil pan drain plug and *nothing came out*. Pushing an allen key around in there got the old mineral oil flowing, but I was flabbergasted. I have never used that term before. It gets worse. I then pulled the valve cover off and, although it wasn't nearly as bad as the video link posted earlier in this thread, the more I dug into it the more grey material came out. Lots of grey sludge, and not a few small ferrous bits of metal. I shouldn't have run it as much as I did. I already knew that but seeing this mess... haven't yet dropped the pan. How do you secure the oil pump when the pan is dropped? I've heard NPT plug, etc. Motor still ran well but I am really dubious now as to what I will find with the pan down.