Oil lines again, Fender work and Meteorites

[John Burke]

Well I have done went (Tennessee style English) and hooked up the oil lines and I am sure we'll find out some day if they are right or wrong. The pressure is coming out of the bottom hole in the block, so I ran a 1/4 line to the inlet on the cannister. I then ran a 5/16 line back to the upper hole for return. I chose these sizes of line because that was the size of fittings already in place on the cannister...I also decided the bobbed fenders I put on looked chunky so I streamlined them up a bit using a saber saw and a metal cutting blade. I then covered the edges with a vinyl door edge trim...I like it much better...The hot rod has been named "The Morton Meteorite"..Morton was one of my dad's middle names. He was a profound mentor to me, teaching me much about machine work, fabrication and hard work. He also passed that middle name to my Uncle who taught me all about welding and extold the virtues of fast cars, cheap whiskey and young women..what more could a guy ask for....John

[bob westphal]

John,

If you indeed did what you say: "The pressure is coming out of the bottom hole in the block, so I ran a 1/4 line to the inlet on the cannister. I then ran a 5/16 line back to the upper hole for return." You've got it backwards!

The horrozontal bulge where the top oil line is the pressure oil passage. The lower port goes directly into the crankcase.

[Don Coatney]

John;

Does this mean your dad had more than one middle name or that you had more than one dad?

[Plymouthy Adams]

John...forget Don C and the name thing..tell us more about the young women...lol

[John Burke]

John;

Does this mean your dad had more than one middle name or that you had more than one dad?

actually his given name was John Sterling Morten Burke...........and as far as the young women......oh my, but there was a bunch of 'em...john...oh yes and by the way Mr. "oh so glib of the tougne" you still have'nt shown me the light as to which road to take though I have provided you with oh so much information...I need the self proclaimed "Master of Mopar" to point his majic finger and say "here, little grasshopper".....john

[Young Ed]

Tim I got a feeling those young women aren't so young anymore

[Don Coatney]

actually his given name was John Sterling Morten Burke...........and as far as the young women......oh my, but there was a bunch of 'em...john...oh yes and by the way Mr. "oh so glib of the tougne" you still have'nt shown me the light as to which road to take though I have provided you with oh so much information...I need the self proclaimed "Master of Mopar" to point his majic finger and say "here, little grasshopper".....john

John;

If you are asking for my opinion I think you should name the car "The Sterling Meteorite".. This name adds value.

[1just4don]

Once had a neighbor whose real name was H.Sterling Morton. Must be a historical reason for this popular,non usual name!!

[John Burke]

Once had a neighbor whose real name was H.Sterling Morton. Must be a historical reason for this popular,non usual name!!

Ah yes...J. Sterling Morton was a prominent early Nebraskan who lived in Nebraska City...He was the founder of Arbor Day...jb

[grey beard]

Hey Don Coatney,

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe John's picture shows a large block with a full-flow oil filtration setup. If this is what he really has, will he not also need the internal plug between those two ports that you explained in another thread with a drawing recently? If he has pressure coming OUT of his bottom port, it certainly sounds like a full flow system and not bypass.

What Bob is suggesting (lower port exhausts back to the sump) will be true only in by-pass type circuits, if I understand correctly. Pressure at that bottom port makes me think he's got a full-flow block setup. JMHO