Re: [ihc] Never overlook the obvious, or even the oblivious

["T.R.E.Jr." <T_R_E_Jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

---Cool, good job Mac!

---My next guess was going to be 1/4" plugs in the block, plugging holes
like the one for the oil sending unit... oil galley plugs are they?

---Thank you,
-T.R.E.Jr.
-`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
-`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
-`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
-`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Stricker" <jstricke@domain.elided>
To: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:00 PM
Subject: RE: [ihc] Never overlook the obvious, or even the oblivious


> WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Well done, Mac!!
>
> When we got the rebuilt engine, it had a small, plastic plug in there.  I
> didn't even see it, or look for it.  At some point, the plastic
deteriorated
> in the bottom of the plug and fell out.  I don't think it could hurt
> anything in the engine, it's less than 3/8" in diameter.  Before we put
the
> engine in, we painted it, plug included.  Even today, it looked like it
was
> still there.  Between 2500 and 2700 rpm, the oil sprayed out of that hole
> (at least 3 quarts overfull, don't know when it was normally full, that
rpm
> might have changed) but at any other rpm, there was no oil coming out of
> there.
>
> I got an old dipstick, cut it off about 3" long, welded a bolt in the end,
> ground it off nice and pretty, filled the tube with sealant, put some on
the
> tube sides and installed it like a normal dipstick.  No more leaks.
Finally.
> At last.
>
> I was almost to the point of selling it, literally.
>
> Now, what kind of prize do you need, Mac.  I have lots of used parts.
What
> you looking for?
>
> John Stricker
>
> (BTW-all the medium duty trucks have a front mount dipstick too, that's
why
> the light bulb finally went on in my head.)
>
>
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:36:13 -0800
> > From: "Mac @ TRIAD" <mac@domain.elided>
> > Subject: RE: [ihc] Never overlook the obvious, or even the oblivious
> >
> > ## >> But you're close.  VERY CLOSE.  Think strange.  Think Bizzare.
> Think
> > ## >> outside the box.  8-)
> > ## >>
> > ## >> John Stricker
> >
> > hang about...  a thought occurred to me.  is it the front passenger side
> > dipstick hole?  you said you're using a driver side dipstick, right?
> since
> > you're using an engine that i presume originally had a dipstick at the
> front
> > passenger side, is the hole either still open or did a plug come out of
> it?
> > all of my 392s have the dipstick hole there, though like your Traveler
our
> > Scout has the driver's side dipstick installed and the original hole
> > plugged.  is that what it was?
> >
> > - --Mac