Hey guys,

I was checking out a 57 Tbird that I might buy and noticed that there was a rubber hose coming from a brass fitting in the side of the block just above the oil pan that is located just behind the fuel pump and goes to a screw in brass fitting in the side of the oil pan.

Has anybody seen this before, it looks like a bypass for oil fed thru the crank.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

mike

Along the side of the block is a oil line (cast into the block) which has a number of plugs in it besides the sending unit for the oil pressure gauge (idiot light). Why some one would do what you describe is only a guess.

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

Got a picture?

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

hi,

i have pictures but don't know how to post them.

mike

The setup you describe sounds like a bypass filter setup that Framm used to sell. It used toilet rolls inside a stainless canister and was guaranteed to keep the oil like new. Even took water or contaminates out of the oil. They claimed you never needed to change the oil ever again, just change the toilet roll at 2,000 mile interval with the main oil filter every twelve months. It was able to filter particulates down to some minute size. From memory it was about .06 microns (whatever that is). Claimed to be ten times more efficient that the main oil filter. I remember it used to keep the oil real clean. Similar set up to what was used on trucks to filter water out of fuel. The oil line from the gallery went into one side of the canister and the outlet from the canister drained oil back to the sump. It also acted as a cooler for the oil. I had several of these fitted to my Fords in the seventies and still have a couple of them in my stash. I will post photos if you are interested.

There was no loss of oil pressure as the filter was very closely packed and the oil was squeezed through the filter by the oil pressure. I believe there were other makes as well as Framms. When you changed the filter it was great to use in the solid fuel hot water system.

Regards

Rick - West Australia
Do Y Blocks Downunder run upside down? Gravity Sucks!!

They are still made and sold today under the name of Gulf Coast Filters. Look them up they have a web site. I went through their facility a couple years ago (before Katrina). They are used on many large boats and semi's. They even sell units to the military for cleaning their fuel.

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

hi guys,

if someone will tell me how to include a photo of what I am talking about, I know it will clear up what I am talking about.

the photo shows the line I am talking about.

thanks

mike

Go to the "this and that" topic.At top is posting info for pics.

  

the hose that I'm talking about is coming out of the oil pan and going into the engine block just in front of the engine block vent cover and is connected to a brass fitting that is screwed into the block along the oil galley.

Any ideas are welcomed

thanks again

mike

The setup looks to me like a bad idea.  Pressurized oil is diverted away from the engine back to pan, resulting in less oil flow to everything that needs it.

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.