Extending OCI, partial change, match seasons.

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Ah yes, and the red paint on that Baldwin has a nice feel, more grippable than the slick surface of a Purolator or Wix. Also a nice smell to the filter, kind of a paint and metal smell....


Would you ever say something like that to someone in the real world?

 

[FZ1]

Please. No more lurid details.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: XS650
Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Ah yes, and the red paint on that Baldwin has a nice feel, more grippable than the slick surface of a Purolator or Wix. Also a nice smell to the filter, kind of a paint and metal smell....


Would you ever say something like that to someone in the real world?

I don't recommend it. We get so used to this in depth level about these topics that when an outlander opens the door ..the vortex of information gets a bit creepy and they immediately look for an exit strategy. My one customer, a young woman, is very polite ..and I do qualify just about everything with "I can really over complicate this here...".

This is even with advanced motorheads. Lubrication for them appears to be a "done deal" and they focus on output and strength/integrity. They're refreshing their engines every 2-3 seasons anyway.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: XS650
Originally Posted By: TallPaul
Ah yes, and the red paint on that Baldwin has a nice feel, more grippable than the slick surface of a Purolator or Wix. Also a nice smell to the filter, kind of a paint and metal smell....


Would you ever say something like that to someone in the real world?

Unfortunately I have. My kids run away if I start talking about oil. Although I must confess my pride that my son shares my love of sniffing new vinyl binders, books and magazines. Many of these items have very pleasant odors.

 

[Gary Allan]

I miss comic book ink ...hanging my head out the window to smell the car getting filled ...all those appealing volatiles just passing by. My father worked at an adhesive plant. I got to be with him on Saturday and Sunday if he worked overtime. MEK appeared to be the wash water of choice around there if my nose memory served me well. You were either smelling some poly...ene or solvent where ever you went.

 

[TallPaul]

The wedding photograph:

 

[OVERKILL]

The 'ol 300 straight-6. That motor goes FOREVER!

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
The 'ol 300 straight-6. That motor goes FOREVER!

Yep, been driving 300s since 1977 when I bought my F100, then an '84 F150, and not this 95 F150. Sad they quit making it.

 

[TallPaul]

Well now. Funny thing is she's dripping oil on the driveway now. It was seeping before and now worse. Maybe was not so good of an idea? But Maxlife is supposed to fix that so let's see. I was running Durablend with CD2 hm add, not sure that had any leak stopper.

 

[Gary Allan]

One swallow does not the summer make - Aristotle (I think)

 

[TallPaul]

Yah, and I guess it's not a problem, I can always park in the steet (blacktop does not show the oil drips). This will be a good test for Maxlife's leak stopping ability or lack thereof. If it gets really bad I'll run the K&W stop leak which I am just itching to buy because it is smells and looks just like Mobil 1 ATF.
Sniff, sniff........ Ahhhhhhhh! Love it.

 

[TallPaul]

Here is the other aspect. Back in 2003 I got an oil pressure gauge and saw that the 5w30 I was running gave me 36 psi at 2000 rpm (spec was 40-60 at 2000), so I drained 2 qts, added 2 qts 20w50 to make it into a 40 wt and the pressure went above 40. I was happy. Well now it is running 36 again, but now I realize that is okay. 16 psi at 1000, 36 at 2000, 40 at 3000, all fine. Maybe even cooling a bit better for the better flow.

 

[OVERKILL]

What's the new spec on that motor? The 302 in my Mustang holds 38 psi at 650RPM (idle) with a 30-weight in it....stock oil pump. 16 sounds kinda low to me?

 

[TallPaul]

New spec is 40-60 psi at 2000 rpm hot. They don't give an idle speed spec.

Yours (spec) is probably 40-60/65 at 2000. My old 460 V8s (1990 and 1997 both in motorhomes) held about 60/65 psi hot at 2000 and 30 idle.

What year Mustang? My brother has a totally refurbished '82 with a 302 4 speed and a 1994 with a supercharged 302 and 4 speed.

 

[OVERKILL]

The engine and transmission are out of my old '87 GT T-Top, which met an unfortunate fate with some diesel fuel on the road, and then a 30ft embankment.

It's currently in an '82 Capri Black Magic (T-Top) that is in my garage. It's been a project for about three years thus far.

Pump-blow-off on the 302 is 65psi if I remember correctly.

 

[TallPaul]

Sounds like your '82 302 is in very nice shape, tight bearings. Was the Capri the Mercury version of the Mustang? Did the Capri come with optional v8? If not, your car will be unique. I remember they had a Capri in the '70s that was a very nice looking car, German I think, was small, not related to the Pinto Mustang II at all, even engine was German as I recall.

 

[OVERKILL]

Yeah, the fox body Capri was just the Mercury version of the Mustang. The Black Magic was a rather rare trim level and the car would actually be worth something if restored. Unfortunately, there's no real possibility of that given what I'm doing to it.

Yeah, I've been really happy with that engine. It has had the living [censored] driven out of it and just keeps going.

 

[TallPaul]

My brother is like me, won't have any of this overhead cam stuff. We both grew up with pushrod engines and rear wheel drive and we're sticking with it.

 

[OVERKILL]

I agree with you guys

I've never owned an FWD vehicle, nor ever plan to.