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07-03-2012, 07:45 PM

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I must have thrown mine away. I haven't seen one in years.

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07-03-2012, 07:55 PM

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We are suppose to put oil in the motor? darn... brb

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07-03-2012, 09:26 PM

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I was referring to the color of the cans

Uh,,,,me too.

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07-03-2012, 09:38 PM

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I like cans....on girls, I'm a CAN man

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07-03-2012, 09:42 PM

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When I was a kid working in the gas station, we sold bulk oil from a drum, pumped in quart jars with a metal cone pour spout on them, $1. The oil had a green tint, that's what made it the best.

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07-03-2012, 09:59 PM

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when i was a kid my father bought previously used oil from shopright to feed the family's 1960 rambler classic's insatiable appetite for motor oil.now many years later his son will only buy synthetic oil. (but i still use the fram oil filter with the cardboard innerd's). that would have made dad happy.

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07-03-2012, 11:43 PM

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Who needs a funnel? Any wrench worth his salt can long pour it while simultaneously drinking a beer.

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07-04-2012, 07:26 AM

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I disagree about using the "church key" style opener. Back when cans were cans any mechanician worth his salt owned an oil spout... chrome plated steel tube which had a hardened can opener built right in... simply stab the can and pour. No need to pierce the can twice or hunt a funnel to ensure dripless pouring. I think I still have mine somewhere...

I remember this. My dad passed his down to me. I eventually threw it away when cans went out of style.

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07-04-2012, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CA-Legal-Vette

Uh,,,,me too.

Some days I am a little slow... LOL

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07-04-2012, 09:18 AM

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Who needs a funnel? Any wrench worth his salt can long pour it while simultaneously drinking a beer.

amen brother, amen

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07-04-2012, 10:00 AM

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I too still have a couple of the flossy poke-the-can-and-pour spouts. One is painted yellow and is the conventional curved spout design. The other is plated, heavy gauge steel and has an open at the top U-shaped pour channel. I think it is the older, and made to pierce the cans that were made of REAL steel.
Church key is classic though, and the funnel should be galvanizied, with the flexible tube. Extra props given if the flex tube is broken...
Carter

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07-04-2012, 10:11 AM

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Would the aluminum can not leech into the oil thereby creating a catastrophic failure of the the oscillating fly back rectifier ?

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07-04-2012, 10:18 AM

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dont remember aluminum cans, remember tin and cardboard, CRS is a wonderful invention

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07-04-2012, 10:53 AM

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50 years ago we would bring our own cans to the nearest garage and buy their BULK oil out of 50 gallan drums, they would hand pump it into your containers.