Are you an old time mechanic?

[Joe G.]

Yep. You had to take the hose off to get at it. The lower hose could cause you to cut your thumb just above the nail which could add some festive language to the job.



Ok, here is another question. No fair if you old geezers answer. Lets see if the younger guys know. What was a rumble seat?

 

[B.G. Smith]

HEH - how about INSIDE the water pump... :-laf

Yeah and the water pump had an ear on it that was also one of the front motor supports. You might be an old time mechanic if you ever change a rod on an old chevy 6 without pulling the head. you coulldnt change them all but some would come down far enough to remove the wrist oin from the pan side. Also if you ever changed he cam gear without pulling the cam. bg

 

[KevinSmith]

How many brands have legally been able to use the name Hemi? Dodge,DeSoto,Chrysler,Ford,Monteverdi,Jeep



What brand used a sailing ship for a hood ornament? Plymouth



What car was crashed into the bulldozers in the original"Vanishing Point"?



What was the first Ford available with 4wd? 1936 half track ( Marmon-Herrington conversion)



What is a Schwimmwagen? The VW Type 128 and 166 Schwimmwagen (literally Floating / Swimming Car) were amphibious all-wheel-drive off-roaders, used extensively by the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.



What vehicle did the "Blue Flame Six" come in? The Chevrolet 210

 

[KevinSmith]

Ok what three car Co where named after R E Olds, two are easy, what is the third

Diamond Reo?

 

[DCreed]

what cars had a "rope" for a driveshaft?

60s pontiacs



which make cars had only 3lugs?? french Citroens



like these!:-laf

YouTube - Citreon Transformer Spoof

 

[DodgeWarlock]

Ok, here is another question. No fair if you old geezers answer. Lets see if the younger guys know. What was a rumble seat?

Open air backseat mounted in the trunk location.

 

[DodgeWarlock]

Ok what three car Co where named after R E Olds, two are easy, what is the third

Ransom (but it did not last long)

 

[DodgeWarlock]

Car used in the movie "Vanishing Point" was a Barracuda, not sure what year.

Close, sort of. The movie was based around a Challenger. But, the actual car crashed into the bulldozers was something else. A Camaro. They thought the Challenger was too sweet to blow up.

 

[Joe G.]

The Chevy 216 was made for about 20 years. It had dipper lubrication. What was that? There was also a special tool to use on the pan for the engine. What was it used for? In addition, if you had a bad rod bearing on that engine how did you do the repair? How was the rod bearing clearance adjusted?

 

[DodgeWarlock]

How many brands have legally been able to use the name Hemi? Dodge,DeSoto,Chrysler,Ford,Monteverdi,Jeep

I'll help. We are talking about who could legally put the name on their cars. Remember the name was trademarked. (Not Ford, Who is Monteverdi?)

What was the first Ford available with 4wd? 1936 half track ( Marmon-Herrington conversion)

Nope, not old enough.

What vehicle did the "Blue Flame Six" come in? The Chevrolet 210

Nope

 

[DCreed]

what was an "oil bath" for??

 

[Bob V]

What is the correct term for a bunch of car geeks?

 

[Joe G.]

what was an "oil bath" for??

That was the type of air cleaner used before the paper ones.

 

[AMink]

which make cars had only 3lugs?? french Citroens

My Renault R-17 Gordini had three lug nuts, on each wheel! Seems if you forgot to tighten them after rotation, the ride got kind of wobbly!

 

[B.G. Smith]

The Chevy 216 was made for about 20 years. It had dipper lubrication. What was that? There was also a special tool to use on the pan for the engine. What was it used for? In addition, if you had a bad rod bearing on that engine how did you do the repair? How was the rod bearing clearance adjusted?

The rod had a scoop on the lower cap which "scooped" oil from a trough under each rod. There was also a spout in the trough aimed at the scoop or dipper. I suspect the special tool was to align the oil nozles. The pan fasteners were slotted screws. If a rod was bad you had to replace the whole rod as they had babbited in place bearings, no inserts. Some of the rods could be removed from the pan side but not all. I don't remember which but I have done the job. The rods came with a shim pack at the split line on both sides and the clearance was adjusted by removing or adding shims. bg

 

[Joe G.]

There was a tool that could be used to pour babbit to make a new bearing in a worn out rod. I've never done that, but my father-in-law was an expert. If you were a little short of money and had a loose rod, you could file the rod cap ends to get a little more miles out of a worn bearing if you had removed all the shims.



The special tool fit on the pan and was used to align the nozzles. The Chevy didn't actually dip the oil. It depended on the nozzles being aimed properly. The troughs in the pan were to support the nozzles. The cranks in those engines were pretty hard so a little bit of rod knocking didn't flatten the journals.



Buick straight eights used the same system.



Those engines had really low oil pressure because of the dipper lube system, but the oil pumps really moved the oil.



Does anyone know what a Wayne head was?

 

[Bob V]

Here is one for you old timmers. What was the hand jester that you gave to on comming traffic as they went by?

 

[LMcCary]

The Chevy 216 was made for about 20 years. It had dipper lubrication. What was that? There was also a special tool to use on the pan for the engine. What was it used for? In addition, if you had a bad rod bearing on that engine how did you do the repair? How was the rod bearing clearance adjusted?



The rod had a scoop on the lower cap which "scooped" oil from a trough under each rod. There was also a spout in the trough aimed at the scoop or dipper. I suspect the special tool was to align the oil nozles. The pan fasteners were slotted screws. If a rod was bad you had to replace the whole rod as they had babbited in place bearings, no inserts. Some of the rods could be removed from the pan side but not all. I don't remember which but I have done the job. The rods came with a shim pack at the split line on both sides and the clearance was adjusted by removing or adding shims. bg



Fist answer not exactly correct. The oil sprayed into the dippers as the rod came around and lined up with the oil tube. This alignment was critical. This is why a lot of 216 and early 235's (before 1954) burnt up rod bearings early.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Here is one for you old timmers. What was the hand jester that you gave to on comming traffic as they went by?

Sorta depends on how many, and which fingers were used... :-laf

 

[DGamelin]

In World War II, the willys jeep contracted a foreign company to build them.



What country?

What company built them?

What year?



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