Ok, second question for you guess.  When I am driving and come to a stop at times the oil pressure light will come on.  How do I figure out what is going on here?  I believe that when I changed the oil I used 10-40 but might have used 10-50 and it is a 292 with screw on oil filter.  I checked the oil level and that is still fine.  Any help would be great and please be specific about directions because I am a shade tree at best with these engines.

thanks again

Cbass

1958 F100 292

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

"Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice."

-Henry Ford

Car or Truck?



Some truck pans have no baffles. When you stop, the oil rushes to the front of the pan, away from the pickup and the pressure drops.


Lawrenceville, GA

Truck 58 f100, is there a solution to this problem?

1958 F100 292

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

"Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice."

-Henry Ford

Some truck pans have a baffle in them. You can find one of those and swap it. You can also make a baffle and tack-weld it in place. You can also put a gated baffle in there. The gate closes when you stop, virtually stopping the oil from moving away from the pickup, but allows oil to return to the pick-up area when driving normally.



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Lawrenceville, GA

It is surprising how well the simple vertical baffle in later pans works.  Since switching, the oil pressure has never nosedived during stops, which it did frequently with the open pan.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Is there any other solution anybody might have.  I do not have a welder so this is kind of out.  I figure these trucks have been running for over 50 years with this set up they must have something that makes it so the light doesnt come on every time you break, seams like people would have been pretty upset if they just bought a truck and it did this?  Ideas?

1958 F100 292

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

"Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice."

-Henry Ford

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

If the light comes on just as you complete your stop, an extra quart of oil may help.  If the light comes on as you sit idle at the stoplight, then the engine has low oil pressure, could be a worn pump or worn bearings.  Put a mechanical gauge on it and see what the actual pressure is.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

There is a truck pan with baffle on ebay right now. Item # 260442920089. One bid, price 99 cents.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Thanks for the heads up on the ebay pan, I had alread saw it but wasnt sure it would work for my truck.  It is only coming on when stopping not at idle and I thought of putting another pint of oil in but I have heard that to much oil is really bad also.  Will one pint extra fall into this category?  Thanks for all the help guys.

1958 F100 292

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

"Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice."

-Henry Ford