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Kube · 06-21-2018, 08:13 PM

Guys, what gives with this filler tube near the front of the intake. I've never seen anything like this.

flatjack9 · 06-21-2018, 08:19 PM

That's a new one on me.

ford38v8 · 06-21-2018, 08:31 PM

Didn't COEs have an oil filler tube up front like that?

Ken/Alabama · 06-21-2018, 08:36 PM

Or for a rear engine bus where the engine is mounted backwards. Would make it a little easier to add oil .

petehoovie · 06-21-2018, 10:07 PM

I think it's a Canadian intake manifold....

1947 Mercury One ton Pick up truck

Only produced in Canada.

Graeme / New Zealand · 06-22-2018, 01:01 AM

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Yes Canadian V8s have them. All NZ assembled V8s have em as we got our cars CKD from the Ford Commonwealth plant in Canada....at least on the 46/48 cars. Mines got one. This "phallic" appendage can be done away with by a simple blank off plate. another bit of useless trivia is the ex Canada 46/48 cars came here with an alloy intake.

Ps: we never got the 41/42 cars, being a "British Empire" country in those days FOMOCO NZ had switched to war production by then, but as V8COOPMAN says in the later post, the alloy manifolds on the cars I have owned are marked with the 1941 production numbers he has quoted.

GB

Seth Swoboda · 06-22-2018, 02:39 AM

Grame and petehoovie are correct. Not that my confirmation matters.

V8COOPMAN · 06-22-2018, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kube

Guys, what gives with this filler tube near the front of the intake. I've never seen anything like this.

As noted previously, Canadian production. Used on all Canadian-built V8s between '41 and '48. Part C11A 6520. I have a NOS example in my stash that I got many years ago from a guy in Wisconsin. DD

19Fordy · 06-22-2018, 09:06 AM

V8: Thanks for posting that photo. I never saw one before.

Kube · 06-22-2018, 10:24 AM

Guys, thanks much...

Bob NH · 06-22-2018, 06:43 PM

There is also one on the pickup I recently got from Canada. When I first saw it, I assumed it probably was for a larger truck so a person would not have to reach over the top of a high fender to add oil especially if he was a "shorty" sort of fellow ? One more problem was the former owner added an alternator which has a larger OD case. Bracket was not seated correctly in the front of Intake. I pulled the filler pipe out so the alternator would be sure to seat right and then reinstalled the tube . You might put a hair between them if you took it from a bald guy !

ford38v8 · 06-22-2018, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob NH

There is also one on the pickup I recently got from Canada. When I first saw it, I assumed it probably was for a larger truck so a person would not have to reach over the top of a high fender to add oil especially if he was a "shorty" sort of fellow ? One more problem was the former owner added an alternator which has a larger OD case. Bracket was not seated correctly in the front of Intake. I pulled the filler pipe out so the alternator would be sure to seat right and then reinstalled the tube . You might put a hair between them if you took it from a bald guy !

I f you took a hair from a bald guy, you had your hands where they don't belong!

Tinker · 06-23-2018, 01:13 AM

Just when you think you don't know about flatheads, this one comes along and confirms it.

Kube · 06-23-2018, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ford38v8

I f you took a hair from a bald guy, you had your hands where they don't belong!

Quite the dichotomy. If the guy is bald there is no hair to take.

06-21-2018, 08:19 PM	#2
flatjack9 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oshkosh, Wi Posts: 4,526	Re: filler tube??? That's a new one on me.

06-21-2018, 08:31 PM	#3
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 6,641	Re: filler tube??? Didn't COEs have an oil filler tube up front like that? __________________ Alan

06-21-2018, 08:36 PM	#4
Ken/Alabama Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,258	Re: filler tube??? Or for a rear engine bus where the engine is mounted backwards. Would make it a little easier to add oil .

06-21-2018, 10:07 PM	#5
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,111	Re: filler tube??? I think it's a Canadian intake manifold.... 1947 Mercury One ton Pick up truck Only produced in Canada. __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0 Last edited by petehoovie; 06-21-2018 at 11:51 PM.

06-22-2018, 02:39 AM	#7
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 3,788	Re: filler tube??? Grame and petehoovie are correct. Not that my confirmation matters.

06-22-2018, 09:06 AM	#9
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,930	Re: filler tube??? V8: Thanks for posting that photo. I never saw one before.

06-22-2018, 10:24 AM	#10
Kube Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 8,993	Re: filler tube??? Guys, thanks much... __________________ "I can explain it for you. However, I can't understand it for you".

06-22-2018, 06:43 PM	#11
Bob NH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Meredith, N.H. Posts: 766	Re: filler tube??? There is also one on the pickup I recently got from Canada. When I first saw it, I assumed it probably was for a larger truck so a person would not have to reach over the top of a high fender to add oil especially if he was a "shorty" sort of fellow ? One more problem was the former owner added an alternator which has a larger OD case. Bracket was not seated correctly in the front of Intake. I pulled the filler pipe out so the alternator would be sure to seat right and then reinstalled the tube . You might put a hair between them if you took it from a bald guy !

06-23-2018, 01:13 AM	#13
Tinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: MN Posts: 7,053	Re: filler tube??? Just when you think you don't know about flatheads, this one comes along and confirms it.