Rob,
My digi camera is a el-cheeeeepo, and my '59 is put away with low-light
conditions, so I won't be able to take a pic that'd be worth wasting
bandwidth to send you.
I can take a look at it tomorrow and explain the routing for you...not
too difficult as I recall, the input to the oil filter is tee'ed off with
3/16th? copper tubing and routed up with the fuel line in front of the
head, around to the side of the head.
I'll do a re-check tomorrow and let you know for sure...need to fire the
old beast up anyways.
> [Original Message]
> From: Rob J. <rjjmsj@earthlink.net>
> To: _Oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: 2/9/02 8:55:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 235 oiling ?
>
> Any chance you (or anyone else), can send me a digital picture of the
setup?
> rjjmsj@earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Baggese
> To: _Oletrucks ; _Old-chevy-truck ; Rob J.
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:00 AM
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] 235 oiling ?
>
>
> My understanding is that it was a "mechanic mod" at first. Then later,
> either the dealers or the factory did the work.
>
> I have it on my '59 235, but it's not been done on a '55 or '56 235 I
> have in the barn.
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Rob J. <rjjmsj@earthlink.net>
> > To: _Old-chevy-truck <old-chevy-truck@onelist.com>; _Oletrucks
> <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > Date: 2/9/02 7:58:40 AM
> > Subject: [oletrucks] 235 oiling ?
> >
> > I seem to recall from a previous thread, that there is supposed to be
an
> > oiling line behind the tappet cover. I finally had a reason to remove
> my
> > cover, and took a picture (see link below). What I don't recall, is
> whether
> > or not this line was present in ALL 235 engines regardless of whether
or
> not
> > they were solid or hydraulic, or maybe only present in those with
solid
> > lifters, but not hydraulics (and vice versa), or maybe only in certain
> > years. In the picture, the green arrow points to a plug in what I
> suspect
> > is an oil gallery going to the rocker arms, but in my case, is plugged
> off
> > and not being used. I would think that somewhere in the yellow
> highlighted
> > area, should be another plug, but in my case, there is nothing, ie.
not
> > holes that I can see. I have had to route an external oil line from
the
> > rear of the block on the opposite side, around the back of the block,
> and
> > plumb it into the rocker arm oiling setup at the green arrow. While
> this
> > end-around approach has worked and gets good oil to the rockers, as
long
> as
> > I have the engine down and being worked on, I thought that maybe I
could
> fix
> > the lack of the oil line behind the cover. If anyone knows what
should
> be
> > there, and whether or not I could maybe tap a line in by drilling into
> the
> > yellow area and tapping the hole for a fitting, or knows of anyway to
> get
> > rid of the external oil line, I would appreciate discussing this with
> you.
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/files/Image07a.jpg
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
1959
>
>
> --- Mike
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