On Sep 6, 9:23 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:16:34 -0700, Frogwatch wrote:
For awhile I was obsessed with a 1939 Chevy 2 ton dually truck with a
flat bed. It was as simple as it could be. However, even I admit
there have been a few good advances in automotive tech, like
electronic ignition. I can still set the timing on a vehicle with
points and condensor but doing it every few thou miles gets old. I
love modern tires compared to the old ones.

Those old GM's had a 216 inch straight 6 that didn't even feature an oil pump!
It was known as "splash lubrication". There were these little scoops bolted to
the bottoms of the con rods that splashed the oil around.


Not sure, but I think the 39's did have an oil pump, but they
stillused the "splash" system up till about 1966... I think.

What got me was about 10 years before, the chevy was an OHV engine,
and to oil the rocker arms and valves, they used a "tube" full of
wicker material instead of a valve cover, and you had to keep it wet
by pouring a quart of oil on top of the wicker so it could drip it's
way though to the head then into the crank case.

Yeah, I believe modern engines are an improvement.