Threaded hole in hogshead

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Shawn Hayward on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 10:32 pm:

I am guessing this is for an external oil line ?

Hogshead

it is very well machined, and threaded,
did they ever come from ford with this hole ?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Gruber- Spanaway, Wash. on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 11:03 pm:

It's not factory.
Looks like an access hole to check the oil pickup funnel...just a guess.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Donald Conklin on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 11:12 pm:

I'm assemblying an engine with a similar plug. The plug is pretty much in line with the funnel on the internal oil line. If you were lucky you might be able to feed a wire thru the oil line to clear it, or may be maybe get an air nozzle with a tube to blow thru the line. Visability would probably be zero. I would think it would be easy to damage the insulation on the coils.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 11:13 pm:

I'm with Bob on this - access to internal oil line for possible cleaning with a piece of speedo cable.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Putnam, Bluffton, Ohio on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 11:15 pm:

That hole could be for cleaning the interior oil line. An after market hogs head with removable pedal section had a large hole in the same place specifically for cleaning the oil funnel.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Noel D. Chicoine, MD, Pierre, SD on Wednesday, August 08, 2012 - 11:31 pm:

Wasn't there an article on doing that sort of adaptation in one of the "tinkerin tips" books?
It was to access the oil line and clean it out.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Danuser on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 12:19 am:

The HIMICO set-up is very different but it has a Large hole threaded and plugged in it also, several of us have such an animal


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Kopsky, Lytle TX on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 12:26 am:

Hey guys, I think it's to access the internal oil line. :-)

Must be an echo in here. Or does no one read previous posts?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ed in California on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 08:29 am:

I have a similar hole put into an aluminum hogshead, don't know why.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Thursday, August 09, 2012 - 10:53 am:

I agree with all the answers above, Echo-Echo-Echo.

Bob


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