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11-29-2019, 11:13 AM | #1 |
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Too Much Time On My Hands
No wonder manufacturers back in the day recommended changing oil every 2,000 miles. We've come a long way, Baby...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zHlxeu_yuM
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12-01-2019, 12:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: Too Much Time On My Hands
A lot of cars back then didn't have oil filters either. Filters were used on some higher priced cars or were available as options.
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-a 97 hp flathead inline six WITH an oil filter -a 97 hp flathead inline six WITHOUT an oil filter Mine was without the oil filter. I have a little bit of Winchester gun oil from the '50's in a cool old can, and some WW2 machine gun oil in an even cooler old can. I guess I won't be using that stuff on my pistols anytime soon. |
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12-01-2019, 03:44 PM | #4 |
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There's no doubt that todays oil is refined much better than the near-crude of the '50's. In 1973, I took the rocker arm covers off my 272 and the oil was caked in there so bad you couldn't really see anything in there, just a big blob of gook. And that car sat in a barn all through the '60's.
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12-03-2019, 09:51 PM | #6 |
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Check this out. Bacon grease performed almost as well as the 70 year motor oil. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHRYxRiboc
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