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I refinished the oil bath for my 240. Just one thing complete on an extremely long list of things to do.
Steps 1 through Done. I stripped the paint with a wire wheel, body filled a small dent, sanded with 220 then to 400, primed with four coats of etching primer, painted with automotive semi-gloss black paint, wet sanded the orange peel, repainted, wet sand, repaint, total of four coats and applied the I6 240 - 150 decal purchased from The Truck Shop in Orange Ca.
I have to share this related story:
A friend of mine just bought (last week) a sweet 'restored' '65 std cab F100. He was unfamiliar with what the truck should/should not have, but he knew he liked the look of it with its shiny Caribbean Turquoise standard paint. It was complete, 240-6cyl, 3 speed in the tree, long wheel base Styleside bed. It had a very nicely painted oil bath air cleaner complete with the correct HP decal for the 240 engine. He had told me that it had been sitting for quite a while before he bought it. So I pointed out that his air cleaner was an oil bath design...and he gave me a funny look. So I went on to say that there should be a 1/4" of so of motor oil in the bottom of it which would capture the crud out of the incoming air. I went on to explain that he should check the motor oil level periodically as it will evaporate away and as it does its ability as a "crud catcher" will diminish. I suggested since it had been stored for a while, he should check the level soon. He suggested we check it right then - so we did. Sure enough it was dry. I pointed out where the 'oil level' mark was stamped on the bottom section and recommended he add some motor oil ASAP. He said, "Well let's do it right now." And proceeded to locate a quart of clean motor oil to pour into the air cleaner base. Once it was added, we both noticed it dripping out onto his clothes. WHA???? Well, sure enough there were two pin holes in the bottom of the air cleaner base allowing the oil to drip/leak out. So we poured the oil back out of the air cleaner base and wiped it dry so as not to drip out all over his nice clean engine. He said he'd take the air cleaner back off when he got home and put a couple of tack welds on the holes, grind them smooth and repaint it. I suggested he might consider simply switching out the mesh for a correctly-sized paper filter element, but he thought he'd stay with the original oil bath and just repair the leaks.
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