In a message dated 99-12-02 11:31:52 EST, BMCNULTY@csuchico.edu writes:
<< I just purchased a 56 non truck (sorry) with a running 235 in it.
The PO has an oil line running from the bottom of the block in the location
where the oil pressure sender should be (I think... toward the rear of the
engine, manifold side, just above the pan) literally over the valve cover to
a port on the head about dead center close to the top of the head. You can
see part of it in this pic
http://www.csuchico.edu/~bmcnulty/chevy/MVC-013F.JPG
This seems like an indication of inadequate amount of oil to the
head/rocker arms and some sort of quick fix ........ right????
Any other ideas/suggestions ????
thanks for the *help* (didn't know how many lines down this word has to be
without barfing on Miq ;-).
Bob in Chico
56 suburban
55 3200 2nd >>
It's a retro-fit thing to get more oil to the rockers, my '59 has it too,
but my line (1/8th in. I believe) goes around the front of the valve cover.
I never found out if this was just a "common knowledge" thing to do, or a
factory mandated thing passed on to dealers, etc.
Mike
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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