I was planning to start buttoning up my long block after the machine shop when i saw a MTS video that showed a "oil slinger" cone on the drive shaft. My box of takeoffs on my engine doesn't have this cone part. Should i source one or is it not used on a 1975 eldorado 500?
(https://bshifter.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/cone1_18-12-57.png)
(https://bshifter.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/cone221_19-34-46.png)
well, on risk, i bought a lower priced one off ebay from a 1971 to get the logistics pipeline in motion. But i would appreciate a definitive answer.
Yes, it is an important part of the oiling system. The same slinger was used on 472's and 500's from 1968 through 1976 and on into the 425 and 368 series motors. Return oil running down through the opening from the lifter valley hits the slinger and of course is slung around the front of the engine between the block and the timing cover to oil the timing chain.gears.
Greg Surfas
It also takes direct oil pressure away from the Crankshaft Seal at the Front Hub/Harmonic Balancer.
Bruce. >:D