Ok, here it is...
About a mounth ago, I decided to restore my dads 1949 f1 panel truck without him knowing and then give it to him as a christmas present. Biggest problem is it has not run since the 70s. Oil was all slugged up so I was told to drain it and put disel in it to break up the slugg. It worked. Now the problem is I had it completly drain and I went to put oil in it and after 3 quarts, the dip stick was at the full mark. It is a flathead 6 so I was told it should take 4.5 to 5 quarts. Any ideas??

Thanks
Nick

 

Have you run it at all since you put new oil in? If it was totally drained the oil isn't everywhere it will go inside. Also make sure you check it hot, but not running.

 

It has not been run at all. What I was think was when I drained it I just took out the drain plug. So maybe there is some slugg on the oil pan that is causeing a false reading???

Nick

 

was that amount given with or without the filter change. you need to prime the system and get oil in the filter to check it.

 

Well....first off, welcome to the forum. I have to say that is a cool thing to do for your dad!!

It is possible that you have some sludge backing things up a little. You should crank the engine through a few revolutions and re-check the oil. Did you get a lot of goo out with the diesel??

 

I put a new filter on and put half a quart of oil in that compartment.


I turned the enginge over by hand a few times and the dip stick read the same. And yes I did get a little goo out with the dissel.

 

I've found a few with several inches of oil, They were usually burned up

 

Pull the coil wire off of the distributor and spin it over a few cycles. build the pressure up a couple times. turning over by hand is not going to get oil to the top of the engine.

 

Does the oil pan have the typical truck drop-out section around the drain hole? (6 bolts in a circle) If so, drop that down and see if sludge is completely plugging the oil from draining. I don't know that I'd crank the engine until you find out if the intake is full of crap.

With a bypass filter, there's no benefit to filling the canister, it will just drain to the oil pan.

 

Welcome Aboard Nick! Let's see pics of that Panel when you get a chance. What work do you plan to get done on it by Christmas?

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

I know your flat six has the larger drain cover like Ross mentioned. It's a really good idea to pull this cover. It's there so you can pull off the oil pick up screen and clean it out. I'd bet it's pretty clogged up.

 

When I first got my F-1 with the flathead, the engine was stuck. I got it freed up and changed the oil. I ran it for a few days and went to change the oil again. Not one single drop came out of the hole when I removed the plug because of all the sludge that had migrated down after it was driven. I had to poke a hole through the sludge to get it to drain any at all. The above advice is correct, take the cover off. You'll probably be amazed at what you find.

 

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Welcome to FTE, Best Damn Forum EVER!
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2.Click User CP (In the Top Left Hand Corner)
3.(On the Left, There will be a list, The 5th Option Down, will say "Pictures & Albums) Click That.
4.Then, Click Add Album, Enter a title, and description, if ya want to.
5. Click Upload Pictures, Then click Browse, Locate the Files of your truck. (You can add 3 files at a time)
5. Click Upload.
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You can also go to the "Garage" tab and start an album right here on FTE. After you post pictures to an album, we can look in your album, but you'll also be able to "insert a picture" by pasting in a link to the picture in your album.

It seems awkward, but whenever you "insert a picture" to one of these threads, the forum is looking for the picture somewhere on the web (which is always available) rather than from somewhere on your hard drive (which isn't always available).

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Originally Posted By Jolly Roger Joe

Welcome to FTE!

Go to Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and sign up for a free account. Then create an album for your truck. Upload any pics you want to post on FTE to that album. Have this album open on your computer when you want to post pics on FTE.

While you're making a post on FTE, select the pic you want to post from your Photobucket album. When the large version of the pic is open, right mouse click on it and select "View Image Info". The image info will be highlighted and will look something like this:
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Your pic will be placed in the post.

Hope that helps.

Here's a tutorial Bob put together: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/67...-pictures.html

 

Ok...
I was able to get the oil pan out and you guys were right, the bottom was covered in slugg. Clean it all out and here is the next question... Will this stuff, Permatex/3 oz. tube Form-A-Gasket no. 2 sealant (80016) | Gasket Sealant | AutoZone.com_, work as the gasket for the oil pan? It says it will but I'm not sure. The other question is it says that it resists Gasoline, Oil, Kerosene ....... So will this work for my carborator because I took it apart the other day and reliezed there are no gaskets for it.

Nick

 

Why not just buy gaskets? A pan gasket set is less than $15.
EDIT: Dennis Carpenter has the oil pan gasket set for $20

I wouldn't use anything on the carburetor but a gasket set. There are too many little holes that wouldn't like even a small drop of that stuff to get in them. It would be too easy to ruin the carb.