We are suppose to put oil in the motor? darn... brb
Best / correct oil - The Final Answer!
Le Mans Master
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From: McHenry Illinois
When I was a kid working in the gas station, we sold bulk oil from a drum, pumped in quart jars with a metal cone pour spout on them, $1. The oil had a green tint, that's what made it the best.
Drifting
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From: nassau co. new york
when i was a kid my father bought previously used oil from shopright to feed the family's 1960 rambler classic's insatiable appetite for motor oil.now many years later his son will only buy synthetic oil. (but i still use the fram oil filter with the cardboard innerd's). that would have made dad happy.
Racer
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From: Livonia MI
I disagree about using the "church key" style opener. Back when cans were cans any mechanician worth his salt owned an oil spout... chrome plated steel tube which had a hardened can opener built right in... simply stab the can and pour. No need to pierce the can twice or hunt a funnel to ensure dripless pouring. I think I still have mine somewhere...
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Melting Slicks
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From: Emerald Isle NC
I too still have a couple of the flossy poke-the-can-and-pour spouts. One is painted yellow and is the conventional curved spout design. The other is plated, heavy gauge steel and has an open at the top U-shaped pour channel. I think it is the older, and made to pierce the cans that were made of REAL steel.
Church key is classic though, and the funnel should be galvanizied, with the flexible tube. Extra props given if the flex tube is broken...
Carter
Church key is classic though, and the funnel should be galvanizied, with the flexible tube. Extra props given if the flex tube is broken...
Carter
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From: Who says "Nothing is impossible" ? I've been doing nothing for years.
Would the aluminum can not leech into the oil thereby creating a catastrophic failure of the the oscillating fly back rectifier ?
for around 5 cents a quart 
Drifting
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From: Westampton NJ
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