Hi Nick, finally got a good look through your whole log, and you've done a fine job getting a good runner there. I thought the brass cap was intentional, if you hadn't have told us, you could have stuck with a "deliberate" change. It was a fine fix for a problem though, and seems to have worked well for you. The engine looks great too, as well as sounding good, now that paint's on it. I like to think of the cup oilers as a good target for the oil can, with periodic application, but I saw some good ideas on your post, like the bent wire with a point, that looks like it should be fairly easy to make, and something easy to adjust for constant oiling. When I think of constant, I think of the needle screws for a Harley oil pump, with a nice thread and a concentric taper but it is a bit large as a number eight screw I believe. I did like the idea of a cup with a needle you lift when you want oil, that sounds like it would be easy to turn, and at the same time, not a one shot kind of thing. Once you've got oil in the bearings, and the engine is running, but with little or no load, you shouldn't need much in the way of oil though, particularly with steel shafts in bronze bushings. A very nice running engine, that also sounds very good, too.
mad jack
