Thanks, Chip; I'll look for it tonight. Your experience with the detached
system makes me wonder if this system could be modified to act as an
anti-theft device. I saw something on TV not so long ago about an
anti-theft device in South Africa that shoots a flame from underneath the
car to ward off would-be thieves (car theft is apparently becoming a
national pastime is the RSA). I would think a jet of Castrol might just be
appropriate for a Morgan.
Chuck Vandergraaf (tongue in cheek)
'52 +4
Pinawa, MB (where car theft is practically unheard of)
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> From: Ernest(Chip) Brown[SMTP:ebrown@ms.com]
> Reply To: ebrown@ms.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 11:50 AM
> To: Vandergraaf, Chuck
> Cc: 'morgans@Autox.Team.Net'
> Subject: Re: one-shot lubrication
>
> Look for a hole in your firewall, up and to the right of the accelerator.
> That's
> where the foot-valve went. Then look for some brake lines that end on top
> of the
> front suspension, coming from said valve. When I picked up my car ('57 +4)
> the
> whole mechanism was there, but not attached. Pushed the valve and squirted
> oil
> all over the driveway, road, bystanders, road kill. I remember thinking:
> "Sheesh! These cars leak more oil than my old Volvo!!" which was a major
> accomplishment.
>
> Chip Brown
>
> Vandergraaf, Chuck wrote:
>
> > I may have raised this question earlier but don't recall having received
> any
> > response. My '52 +4 ought to have the one-shot lubrication system to
> oil
> > the front suspension. I can't find it and suspect that the previous
> owner
> > may have removed it.
> >
> > What does it look like? Where can I find a drawing (I can't find any
> > reference in Fred Sisson's book)?
> >
> > Chuck Vandergraaf
> > '52 +4
> > Pinawa, MB
>
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