OIl fill tubes

[Kaegi]

i have an M37 here I picked up that still has aT245 in it but the oil fill tube is a press in fit. I thought the T245s were all bolt on oil fill tube. When did they switch to the press in? or was it vice versa?

[pwrwagonfire]

My M-37 has a Chrysler industrial engine 230 which I installed in it...everybody said that the tube should be pressed in, but it's bolted in. We may never know!

-T

[Kaegi]

no theories? do any of your T245 engines have a press in tube?

[Carter]

Seen a lot of T245 engines none with press in tubes, maybe a prototype block?

[Kaegi]

Seen a lot of T245 engines none with press in tubes, maybe a prototype block?

I was thinking maybe a replacement block. The late war T214s in the WC 3/4 and 1 1/2 tons were already getting bolt on tubes, five years before production Ms existed. the bolt on is a way better set up.

[Carter]

Replacement block with a hand stamped number maybe? Lots of blocks left over after WWII I suspect, puzzling to say the least.

[rtkjmk]

My 53 has a pressed in tube , but also has the studs for a bolt on tube , engine was rebuilt when I got my MV , so who knows when it was done .

[m-37Bruce]

My 53 is a bolt-on.