What happened to John "Hawke" Lawson?

[Dads_FJ]

Link seems to be dead.  www.hawkeoiler.com

[MyFirstNameIsPaul]

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.

[mst3kguy]

wow, blast from the past.  john hawke laurenson.  totally lost track of him and some other oldies.  wonder where norske is these days...

[racerman_27410]

i have a hawke oiler system..... works great and nowhere near as messy as the scott oiler. JMO


KOokaloo!

[MyFirstNameIsPaul]

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.

[Dads_FJ]

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

I don't recall the name of the manufacture who makes the solenoids and tubing etc... anyone recall?  Coundn't' find it searching...

[Pat Conlon]

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:




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.

[MyFirstNameIsPaul]

Years ago when I bought my ScottOiler I got it from the FJOC, 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.