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Old 04-10-2014, 09:15 AM   #9
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Default Re: Cotter pin in oil pan?

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Originally Posted by DavidG View Post
.... it provides a path for the oil to form into drops and then fall rather than spread out all over the underside of the oil pan.
Oil spread out on the underside of your old Ford is what stopped the rust from forming. Thank the leaky flathead (and transmission, and steering box, and rearend) for preventing rust pits.
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