I have a 50 Special Deluxe (plymouth) and i removed the oil fill tube (neck) from the engine block so I could sand blast it and powder coat it (as it was under about 2.5 inches of built up grime) and i was wondering...It was fairly easy to remove (wiggled it around then pulled straight up) is there a gasket or something wherer this mounts? (hard for me to see down around the hole due to extreme old grease buildup) if so who sells them?
More than likely there's no gasket. Fill tubes are usually a press fit or in some cases, threaded but I've never experienced one that had a gasket. Some might have a n O ring.
yeah i was mulling over the fact that it may have been an o-ring....cannot figure out why in the hell there is so much grease build up only on the damn fill tube and at the base of the fill tube. I am talking about plain crazy amounts...scoop off with a s****....but around the oil filter housing....dry. valve covers...dry...
My guess is that the oil fill tube has a breather on it and what you are seeing is years of built up blow-by mixed with road grime and spilled oil from oil changes and top offs.
Yeah, i am starting to believe that is the case....it had a breather on it (spring retainer style). and I guess someone who cannot change oil/top-off oil neatly could totally have done this. that and time....
The tube is a slip fit, no gasket or o-ring. That's the way my '39 Plymouth (with '48 engine) and '46 Plymouth (with '59 engine) are.
It's a press fit. Mine had 2" of crud around it too, 50 years of spilled oil, blowby, and dirt roads. Pete
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