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    A unique ? for almost 1 of a kind situation. Need some old pro advice on an old engine. 231 Jeep Tornado

    Yea Nate This engine has a history of very little oil getting to the valve train. It has 2 valves worked off each cam lobe. # 2 cam cam lobe wears flat and 3 does almost as bad. the cam and rockers are spray lubercated. I am going to install a line off the oil pressure gauge to spray oil onto...
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    A unique ? for almost 1 of a kind situation. Need some old pro advice on an old engine. 231 Jeep Tornado

    Got a 1968 M72 Jeep (Military) Truck. Has A 231 Overhead Cam 6 Cylinder Tornado engine. Most folks never saw or heard of this engine for good reasons. It is a low powered, poorly designed Lemon that the US Gov bought. It has 2 major faults, along with a 1000 minor ones. Fault 1, the cam lobes...
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    Oil & Common Sense for Small Engines

    Like a lot of you I have a "Small Fleet" of "Small Engine, 3.5 to 23 HP". What Oil to use? I want something that will keep these engines running until the rest of the machine falls apart. I have read a lot on here and other places. There are lots of opinions about Oil. Here is what I am planning...
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    Oil for New engine. COULD NOT MAKE THIS UP. All comments welcome

    My buddy does mechanic work.. He put an A Zone $5,800 Hemmi crate engine in a Charger for a guy who insisted he wanted a CRATE ENGINE installed. At 350 miles the engine got noisy (rattling knock). Co that furnished the Crate Engine sent out Tech. They agreed to a another engine, Labor for the...
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    Hydralic Oil in trtactor

    Got an old Belarus 250AS. Been a good cheap Model A workhorse. It simple and got the job done. Hydralic Oil. Its time to change it again. The Ruskys Operation Manual calls for 30wt Motor Oil. They built this Tractor to work on Collective Farms so it as simple as possible Fuses are a length of...
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    Rural King Full Synthetic House Brand

    CORRECTION on Rural King House Brand (Harvest King) Full Synthetic OIL (FSO). I am not a guy Who Blows and Goes. I posted the experience below. It was true. Must have been a bad batch or oil. I TESTED it again in my 2.2 Cavalier daily driver. NOW 6,000 miles on a Harvest King 15W30 oil change...
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    Rural King Full Synthetic House Brand

    ?? This is my EXPERIENCE! Rural King (RK) had a heck of a Sale on their house brand Full Synthetic Oil (FSO). I changed some of the vehicles in my family's fleet. 1. My 97 S10 2.2 engine. Had not used any oil in about 3,000 miles since I got a Valve pan gasket leak fixed. Changed oil and filter...
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