My dad's '65 has some oil issues...specifically the oil pressure regulator is junk. He was planning to modify it with the screw but it got a bit damaged during disassembly. After looking at it, I see why it was made the way it was but that reason (low price at high volume) doesn't much matter when making just one.
So, I designed a replacement that I think will be a whole lot better.
I have a few questions that maybe can be answered here.
1.) There seem to be three different oil pressure regulators used. Are these interchangeable? If not, is is just different pressures or are they different sizes?
2.) If I went through the trouble of making blueprints for the improved version, or possibly even offering them for sale, would there be any interest?
3.) Has anyone done any work on this already? I searched for dimensions and materials used in the originals without luck. I can make some assumptions based on construction and I can make measurements of this one but beyond that it's mostly just a clean sheet design based on materials that are appropriate for the task.
4.) Does anyone have the overall length of this (the second of three designs) regulator? I can measure what I think is the right length by sliding the pieces together but it's possible they used a jig when assembling this so I may be off by up to 0.1 inch.
So, I designed a replacement that I think will be a whole lot better.
I have a few questions that maybe can be answered here.
1.) There seem to be three different oil pressure regulators used. Are these interchangeable? If not, is is just different pressures or are they different sizes?
2.) If I went through the trouble of making blueprints for the improved version, or possibly even offering them for sale, would there be any interest?
3.) Has anyone done any work on this already? I searched for dimensions and materials used in the originals without luck. I can make some assumptions based on construction and I can make measurements of this one but beyond that it's mostly just a clean sheet design based on materials that are appropriate for the task.
4.) Does anyone have the overall length of this (the second of three designs) regulator? I can measure what I think is the right length by sliding the pieces together but it's possible they used a jig when assembling this so I may be off by up to 0.1 inch.