I tell you , I do now understand why people replace the engines in these trucks. Trying to find a qualified rebuilder that doesn't want a million dollars is next to impossible.

I think I may just have to try to rebuild it myself, but I sure will install the equalization line under the valley cover, love that idea.

Now to source parts for the rebuild, sheeesh

Thanks for the advice again guys !

Mike

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I still occasionally see the "kit" they used to sell for this setup on EBAY once in awhile.

It was a J.C Whitney mainstay product and something a lot of guys still downgrade the yblock for and claim "they all have oiling problems" not true.

As John said it is a good band aid till you get around to saving it properly.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

Yes john your method sure sounds tidier than some of the plumbing jobs weve seen on these engines over the years, that might suit mike better, best regards bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Mike:

I've never seen Bill's solution, neat idea, invisible.  Another possible band aid would not require disassembly of the top of the engine.  It is an adaptation of kits that were once available to oil the top end of Ys.  Use a tee at the oil pressure sender or take out one of the plugs along the left side of the engine.  Use the necessary adaptors to hook some 1/8" copper tubing to the fitting, run the tubing as required, around the back of the block for better appearance (most of the people who installed kits back in the day seemed to all run them haphazardly across the top of the engine).  Remove the rocker assembly and drill or punch a 1/8" hole in the plug at the back of the shaft.  Stick about 6" of tubing into the shaft, install the assembly, and bend the tubing down to the rocker cover rail.  Cut a small notch in the gasket (and the flange on the cover if necessary, put some RTV in the notch and press the tube into the notch and put the cover on.  You will only need to do this on the side that is not oiling.  As the second sentence says, this is a band aid, but it will oil the rockers. 

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Mike, looks like you definitley have no oil feed to one side and other than rebuild which i dont think you want to face, theres the old oil line adaption from oil gallery in block near oil switch to  valve cover to feed that side, its unsightly. But if you have some basic ability theres a fix that i have used over the years that works. Remove intake and valley pan, identify the rounded casting shape on center cylinders that feeds oil up from cam to deck, look a few times and you should work it out, then i cover everything with rags and carefully and slowly drill small hole into this casting into oil hole, tap it out to 1/8" nfpt? and screw in brass fittings with 3/16"or 1/4"

 

brass pipe joining them, it just transfers oil from the good feed side to the non oil side, obviously theres no 100 percent garantee of metal contamination but by drilling hole slowly and then covering drill in thick grease for the final breakthrough, covering thread tap in same grease should take care of most of it, its worked for me with no resulting problems. regards bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Mike!John Mummert explained to me on my topic that loss of oil to the right side is a common complaint.Apparently the centre cam bearing can lose the oil groove on the right side which cuts off oil feed.Thats how I understood it anyway.Solution is to tear engine down and replace the bearing(s).

  

I tried both, first with no shafts, then we put them on and still nothing

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Mike! When you check for oil on right side I assume you have the rocker shaft off and are cranking to see if oil comes out the hole in the  head?Is this correct?Or are you running the engine and seeing no oil from the rockers?

  

The Plugs are pretty even in look, the threads are wet with oil, but i have read here that is normal.

Today I have done alot of research and in many threads, people have mentioned that their vehicles with y's that sat a long time had stuck rings and smoked bad, like mine. The furthest I have driven was about 6 miles, maybe it needs a good long ride, as they say to loosen up the rings

and thanks ted , I will give that a try this weekend, i reved it to about 4k last night and the left side made a mess, and there was nothing noticable on the right side.

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Mike.  How do the spark plugs look?  Is there one that looks like it’s using more oil or has more color than the rest?  Your compression readings are too varied which points to the rings being at least part of the problem as far as the smoke goes.

 

As a trouble shoot for the lack of oil on the right side, you can put a restrictor in the left side so that more oil can be forced up to the other bank.  With the passages cleared, there is a good chance that the oil is taking the path of least resistance and just not making it to the right bank due to the left bank getting it all.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)