Frank,
Did you have the valve guides replaced? If not, I wouldn't recommend
installing the oiler. Worn guides would cause the extra oil right down
into the cylinders.
But since you rebuilt the engine, you probably don't need it anyway.
Regards,
Joe Curry
Bandre Frank Contractor AMC/SCP wrote:
>
> To the list
>
> I have had an external oil feed line for several months (given to me by a
> person who sold his TR6 but had never installed it). Since the engine has
> now been rebuilt, I would like to install the oil feed line before replacing
> the rocker shaft. Problem is no instructions. Cylinder head end looks
> simple; remove the bolt at the left rear corner. Block has two
> possibilities: 1) oil pressure relief valve, 2) oil pressure switch. If it
> does mount to the oil pressure relief valve has anyone had problems with
> clearance with oil cooler lines coming off a spin on filter adapter? The
> lines on my TR6 have the metal fittings that run to where the pressure
> relief valve is sitting.
>
> Frank
>
> '76 TR6 CF57005U
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