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Old 02-23-2015, 09:48 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
My grandfather was a state trooper during prohibition, after having an oil change done on his 39 Ford police car, they forgot to put in any oil and apparently he forgot to check the gauge. It took 40 miles for the engine to lock up.

On ancient tech oil

On the residue that was left

On a V8 engine that only had 3 main bearings (current ones have 5)

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mech
LOL! That's pretty funny. Wouldn't you be able to hear it if your engine didn't have oil though?
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