Master Cylinder, 50 years ago oil was nothing like it is these days and recommended oil change interval was 1,000. I was commuting to college 95 miles one way 5 days a week in a 56 Ford, running around at night and an occasional trip to the drags on Saturday night. I was putting closer to 2,000 miles a week. My first 18 wheeler got a weekly oil change too. Now we run them 25,000 miles between oil and grease jobs and the transmissions and rears never get changed.

Kenneth

Fredricksburg, Texas

i've got a good ECG block out here on the west coast for free too if anyone wants it ..gonna get scrapped if no one takes it,don't have thr room for it

You changed your oil 4 times a month??? Sound a little excessive, but whatever floats your boat...

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

I remember someone ordering some of them from Warshawsky Bros./ JC Whitney, but I don't remember what they were supposed to do. And like all of Warshawsky's stuff; some of it worked and some of it didn't. I never had the urge to install any. I made a point to change my oil every Sunday in those days and I kind of think that had something to do with not needing such gadgets.

Kenneth

Fredricksburg, Texas

If anyone needs or wants the 272 block come get it,its free.  Carl 

I got 'em.  They came as part of a rebuild in the early 90's from a machine shop that did a lot of work on y-blocks.  I always assumed that they were to keep the rockers pressurized....not sure if they are OE parts or not.  Mine look exactly like the pics...

Ron Grove

Wauconda, IL

Scrapped because you can't get it apart?  If you just can't get it apart, let someone have it.  It will come apart.  You gotta be patient.  When patience runs out, you can bust the pistons and then it's easy to get apart.

The engine I'm running right now was frozen solid.  I sacrificed a few pistons after a month of patience and it was in pretty good shape.

Lawrenceville, GA

The engine these were found on was supposed to be a 63 ford truck motor but after cleaning off the dirt and grease it turned out to be a ECG block.Someone had taken off the truck parts from another engine and used them on this block,probably the origional 292 had blown and they had the 272.It had one ECZ G  head and one ECL A head, both rockers were 1.54 though.The alum. pedestal caps were on the ends where the overflow tubers are normally and the valve cover studs were solid.The piston were stuck so solid that the block and crank are going to be scrapped.I t also had a alternator instead of a generator,the alternator bracket looked factory made but someone might have fabricated them.   Carl Lynn   

I have a couple made from aluminum stock, these appear to be cast iron.  They are from an aftermarket overhead oiler kit as described above.  There would only be one per side, not all 8 stands.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

I have found these on at least two y blocks that did not have the external oiling system installed. They were both early models pre 57.  I don't remember the slots, seems as if they were solid. I'll dig through the stash and see if they look like these.

Glen Henderson



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Letohatchee, AL