I didn't mean to start a new thread with the hole in the oil filter
trick, but I did have fun reading the responses. Now for my comments:
First Jerry wrote:
Suppose you brazed on a block of metal near the cannister bottom,
right where it starts to curve in towards the bolt. Then you drill
and tap the hole for a drain plug.
That pretty well describes the *factory* setup on the Toyota that
started this thread...
Then Andrew wrote (about how to dump oil on the highway):
Sigh... Look, have you got twin fuel tanks? Good. Now then:
1) Install butterfly valve in place of drain plug.
[stuff deleted...]
This system describes the method used to change oil on an old 30's
Duesenburg I once got to play with in a restoration shop (that a
friend' dad was doing business with...). Disclaimer: This happened
over fifteen years ago, and they say the memory is the first thing to
go...
The Dusenburg system operated in the following way:
1) a light on the dash would light up when an oil change was due.
2) the driver would pull over at any convenient side of the road.
3) turn *off* the engine.
4) pull the drain knob (turned off the automatic oil filling system).
5) wait a short time, while a couple of gallons of oil poured
onto the ground.
6) push the oil drain knob back in, which then refilled the engine
from the oil tank (I seem to remember something like a
12 gallon tank).
7) wait while a couple of gallons of oil refilled the engine.
8) start engine and motor away (leaving the mess on the side of the
road - and the driver didn't even have to get out of the car).
The engine had an automatic oil level (filling) system that maintained
the proper amount of oil in the engine. The car also had an automatic
chassis lube system; every 100-200 miles, a light would light up - the
driver then pushed a button (had to make him/her feel useful) and a
pump supplied grease to all the fittings on the car.
Ob brit car content: The Dusenburg was even better that the 1960's
vintage Rolls that I got play with (although 15 years ago the
Dusenburg was valued at over $250,000 - wonder what it's worth now?).
Tim tmullen@thor.nafb.trw.com
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