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Originally Posted by pushrod

My grandfather, who has been working on cars since 1946, told me the best thing to do is drain the factory oil as soon as you get the car home and replace it with a thicker grade, so for us, it would be something like 20w50. He also said that you should never use "synthetic" oil, but rather stick with the tried and true dinosaur oil. It has additives that our engines need.

Also, he recommends putting a spoonful of bitumen into the oil filter before installation. This helps the filter get "used to" filtering contaminants from the oil. I saw him do this on a couple tractors and thought it was weird, but did they ever sound strong when he started them up!

As for intervals, 6500-7500 miles is crazy. Typical car companies trying to make a buck by using such short intervals. Instead, we should only be changing the oil every 1-2 years, regardless of mileage.

I don't use the stock drain plug. I just drill a fresh hole each time, and then braze it shut with a torch. Seems to work ok.

Hey Push, if you are going to do all that the don't forget to pour sawdust into your rad to help plug any leaks, put baby powder on the belts so they don't wear out so fast and use nothing but straight ethyl alcohol for windshield washer fluid. Oh ya and if you loosen the parking brake cable so it hangs down 2 inches you will get better mileage and go faster since the pads will not be dragging and slowing you down.