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VK6BE > CARS 18.06.08 03:05l 25 Lines 942 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: RE: BOB's Dad's Model T
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From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
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Not the reason Pete. The Ford engines had splash feed for the lubricating
system. There were little scoops on the big end bearing caps which
splashed down into the oil in the sump and threw it round the cylinder
walls, keeping them lubricated.On a really steep hil the oil could run
down the gear box end of the sump and one or more big ends could be short
of oil and would start knocking so the driver would turn around and back
up the hill. The oil then went to the other end and the bearings ran in
oil again.
There was also another reason in that reverse gear was the lowest gear
ratio, and if first gear would not pull the car up the hill, reverse might
manage to do the job.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
> Another memory for him was at hills
> where they had to turn around and back up the hill, I guess
> because the engine wasn't strong enough, or they hadn't
> enough speed to make it.
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