Re: Oil filter return line
It was such a beautiful sunny morning I decided to test out my hole punching in one of my scrap piles. Turns out it's really not the best thing. Remember the 'Hanging chad, or Dangling chad' from the Florida voting punch cards a few elections back? I had a naaging feeling this may occur, so I tested a couple of scrap pans, a 223 ford six and a G flathead ford six. They definately needed the depression (from a 3/8" drill bit) but the G pan was not installed on an engine so I got to look 'inside'. Yup, some dangling steel chad. Nothing that fell off, but a bit too close for comfort. So I officially retract my idea. I think that if it was just pierced and not pre-drilled, the exit wound might be more sound.
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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