GTC revival

[Jumprun]

Attached are some progress photos of the revival of a newly aquired GTC.
I'm doing a clutch job and the flywheel needs resurfacing, it looks worse than it is and I'll bet no more than .010" will be needed to clean it up. Notice the ring gear, extremely worn, each tooth is 1/2 way worn through into 100 little knives, of course a new one will be installed.

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I dropped the sump cover to inspect and clean, I also removed the NAPA oil filters which have no anti-drain back tube, not good, so I replaced them with the proper real NOS, Made in The USA Fram PH2804-1, I found 1/2 case of these Fram filters stashed in the trunk. Should I be using these NOS filters or should they be saved for the Concourse guys?

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--Tom

[tyang]

Hi Tom,

Oil filters are considered consumable items and should not affect judging. Parker Hall does offer decals to apply to orange painted filters to look like a vintage Fram filter, but you won't get extra points for them! The rumors are FRAM filters suffered from quality over the years, so the later ones have a weaker crimp around the bottom. A number of factors are involved, but on start up, this week crimp could cause the filter to burst. Baldwins seem to be made better, and I like to use them instead.

Tom

[8339]

I second Tom on the Baldwin filters. If you can't find them through a local parts store try Graingers, they should be Baldwin B253.