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Re: [oletrucks] Fram Questions Again

To: <Hudson29@aol.com>, <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Fram Questions Again
From: "william moldenhauer" <wmh678@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 18:48:46 -0500
Paul as far as winkinling the bung out a trick an old pipefitter  taught me
was to first tighten it a bit then it will walk right out believe me this
works.
bill 53-3600 street rod
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From: Hudson29@aol.com <Hudson29@aol.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, July 09, 1999 6:02 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Fram Questions Again


> Thanks to help here on the oletrucks list, I now know which port to
>tap for pressure and return on my '59 235. As to the color question, I took
>the canister down to the local True Value hardware store and matched the
>original color with the cap on the spray bombs. I got the one with the
>closest match and went back to the shop and shot a test patch on white
>cardboard. The test patch showed a very close color balance, close to a
>modern Fram orange, and just a shade or two brighter than the vintage
sample.
> I am going to call this close enough as I would be surprised if the
>original paint didn't darken over the years with heat and oil vapor. The
>paint is XO Rust Interior/Exterior Enamel, XO-27 Orange, and the cost was
>just about $4.50 plus extortion. I long ago found that the ordinary
hardware
>store brand spray bombs work just as well as "engine" enamel.
> I still have a few questions that nobody ventured an answer to.
>
> 1. The pressure hose runs from the rear of the block where the oil
>pressure gauge is tapped to the "inlet" port on the south side of the Fram
>canister. The other port in the block (now plugged by the partially rounded
>off bung) is the return from the canister to the engine. Where does the
>"return" line connect to the canister? The only other possible connection I
>can find is the drain plug on the bottom - surely not there?
>
> 2. Should the filter unit be mounted ahead or behind the carbie?
>
> 3. Any ideas about the best way to winkle the bung out of the block?
>I hate to use an easy out!
>
>Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com
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