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| | | | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 | when replacing the front main seal on a 1954 235 we noticed right above/in between the two timing gears there was a crimped oil line. is this how it is meant to be or is it meant to be open to allow oil to lubricate the gears? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | There should be a tube with a small hole in the side aimed at the gears. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | In my '38 216 there's a brass fitting screwed into the block with a small hole in it. Oil draining back from the rockers drips through it to lube the gears. I'm assuming the 235 is about the same.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 | we found the hole thankyou | | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 | It's apparently important since the service manual explains how to aim the discharge hole at the gear teeth. | | |
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