Back in the '50's and '60's, a overhead oiler kit for Chevy
sixes was available at any auto parts store. Ran about $5.00
in the '60's, if I remember right. It was a length of copper tubing
and a couple of brass fittings. Chevrolet was kind enough to have
a oil galley plug on the right side of the head. All you had to do was
pull the plug, screw in a brass fitting, connect the tubing to this
fitting,
run the line under the lip of the valve cover and hook it to the
rocker arm shaft standoff.
Al Brenden
albrendn@premier1.net
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> From: Barry Schwartz <Bschwartz@encad.com>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Auxiliary oil feeds - a side note
> Date: Wednesday, December 11, 1996 6:32 AM
>
> With all the recent talk about Triumph auxiliary oil feeds I happened to
> come across, while looking through my old Chiltons master auto repair
> manual, an interesting side note. Apparently the older AMC inline 6's
with
> solid rocker shafts had a tendency to clog the narrow oil delivery hole.
> The cure was to install an auxiliary oil feed kit (starting to sound
> familiar) available from the dealer! Imagin, and a dealer installed fix
at
> that!
>
> Barry Schwartz
> Bschwartz@encad.com (work)
> Bschwart@pacbell.net (home)
> (San Diego)
> 70' Spitfire (under-going major surgery) , 72'-V6 Spitfire (daily
driver)
> 70'GT6+
>
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