Oil pressure hose routing for a/c 1957

["Wayne Graefen" <wgraefen@xxxx>]

John,
Your C, like any air conditioned '57-58 Mopar, should have a left (driver's) side valve cover with two fitting on the face of it near the top rear for attachment of these lines. If it doesn't, you need to find, or create, an AC valve cover.

Shop manual is correct in that EVENTUALLY the oil returns to the oil pan.

Philippe Courant (French member) I believe has a web page regarding this after struggling with same on his '57 Imperial with AC.

Wayne


Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:11:26 -0600
From: <john_nowosacki@xxxx>
Subject: Oil pressure hose routing for a/c 1957

Hello again,
Now that the carbs are right and the car runs smooth, I have some oil weeping from the 'return' or overflow spigot on the power piston which operates the fresh air door.
There was no hose connected to this connection when I bought the car.
The shop manual, page 432, figure 5 at the bottom of the page says that this drain tube goes to the engine oil pan? Figure 7 (same page) calls this line the Auxiliary Drain Tube for Air and Oil leakage past piston.
I believe in 58 this was routed back to a valve cover connector? I doubt there is an actual fitting on my oil pan for this, so where does it really go?
It weeps very little, but I don't want it in the interior of my car!
Advice much appreciated,
John


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