Wow! I had no intentions of loosing the bath oil air cleaner but I had no idea they were in such demand. My first impression was that the coil was leaking oil so I hung it upside down in a vise. It didn't drip but it is possible that under load it did leak.
As for the oil bath air cleaner, does it have an internal mesh? I am just thinking of proper filtration and air supply. I seen in a catalog mesh filters that supposively fit some bath units (and dry units).
My bath unit does have some worn painted area. Do you recommend powder coating or just preping and painting? If I am loosing oil thru the bath unit, then I probably need some replacement gaskets or like you say, may just have too much. Manual calls for a pint.
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ggraycar@comcast.net. Would like to see your pics.
I usually go to the Daytona Beach Turkey Run and I get tired of seeing most every rod having a small block chevy. Just no original thinking here. I am about your age and I remember when Olds was choice of rodders. Also up to about 1970, Olds held the record in just about every stock class in NHRA. Now the rod market is all about the easy Chevy aftermarket availability.
Personally I like being original and different. When everyone was a Yankee fan, I pulled for the Dodgers. I have always been an Olds fan since my Dad bought a new 58 Super 88. For some reason those 58's are quite a bit faster than the 57. A four barrel 371 would do 0-60 in 8.6 seconds compared to the 9's for 57. A 58 J-2 88 would break under 8 seconds and run the quarter in the high 15's when equipped with a 3:42 rear. I always wondered what the main difference was.
