Link seems to be dead. www.hawkeoiler.com (http://www.hawkeoiler.com)
You mean Laurenson, not Lawson. Don't know where he went, but I bought a Hawke Oiler a few years back, just haven't installed it yet.
wow, blast from the past. john hawke laurenson. totally lost track of him and some other oldies. wonder where norske is these days...
i have a hawke oiler system..... works great and nowhere near as messy as the scott oiler. JMO
KOokaloo!
Quote from: racerman_27410 on April 17, 2012, 04:58:08 PM
i have a hawke oiler system..... works great and nowhere near as messy as the scott oiler. JMO
Did you use the supplied reservoir? I felt it was a little on the smallish side and the way he made the vent looks to make an eternal ooze-covered reservoir. I'm planning on replacing my ScottOiler this summer some time and I found that John's reservoir cap fits nicely onto a ScottOiler Oil bottle, so was going to use that instead, though I haven't figured out what to do about venting other than not filling all the way, which should work on the taller bottle.
Thinking of making a homemade jobbie, maybe using a reservoir like this... http://www.ebay.com/itm/JDM-ROUND-ALUMINUM-350ML-OIL-CATCH-CAN-RESERVOIR-TANK-BLACK-ANY-CAR-/230776672012?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item35bb5c8f0c (http://www.ebay.com/itm/JDM-ROUND-ALUMINUM-350ML-OIL-CATCH-CAN-RESERVOIR-TANK-BLACK-ANY-CAR-/230776672012?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item35bb5c8f0c)
I don't recall the name of the manufacture who makes the solenoids and tubing etc... anyone recall? Coundn't' find it searching...
I too have a modified Hawke Oiler on my '92 and it works great.
I use the Pro Oiler tip which oils both sides of the rear sprocket:
(http://www.pro-oiler.net/gallery_img/PO-schem-nozzle.jpg)
(http://www.pro-oiler.net/gallery_img/PO-nozzle-family-01g320.jpg)
(http://www.pro-oiler.net/gallery_img/PO-comp-nozzleV3-2g320.jpg)
Rather than a automatic feed (I don't trust) I installed a momentary contact button in my left switch cluster. On long trips, I just have to remember to give it 5 shots when exiting the freeway off ramp when stopping for gas....about every 190 miles or so... Works well.
Oiling via the sprocket, works best at 20-30 mph.
I use chain saw bar oil.
Years ago, I *had* a old gravity fed Scott oiler...never again.
A positive displacement pump, metering out a precise amount of oil, is the only way to go.
I was up in the mountains and had the Scott oiler dump a whole bottle of oil..... What a mess. :ireful:
Years ago when I bought my ScottOiler I got it from the FJOC (http://fjclub.co.uk/), and they included a formed piece of sheet metal that allowed for installing the tip inside of the countershaft sprocket cover. I was skeptical that this would be adequate for oiling the entire chain. However, after 30,000 miles of use the chain has always been perfectly clean on all sides. I think that when the chain has heated up the oil does it's job and spreads out to cover the whole chain.
I'm also a fan of the bar and chain oil. Cheap, works, and biodegradable.