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The place for technical discussions. Carburators, ignition systems, etc.

FARVAL HIGH PRESSURE CHASSIS LUBRICATOR

The REO Royale is equipped with a Bijur like chassis lubrication system made by Farval. Here is the txt from the brochure. No more crawling under. Gone is the dirty, disagreeable chassis grease job. Gone is the uncertainty of whether all po

Last reply by alsancle · 1w

Houston, We have a REO Royale transmission problem!

I didn't mention it before but when we were pulling out of the parking lot for the Pebble Beach tour all of a sudden the transmission started making horrible noises. It would sort of come and go. Although never completely go away. I was ver

Last reply by Royale835Sedan · 2d

Engine head torque amount.

Can anyone tell me how many foot pounds one should torque the 28 headbolts on a Royale engine to? Carleidsness @gmail.com

Last reply by ShawnG · Aug 12

Testing a Royale Dual Point Distributor on a Machine

As we get my car ready for Pebble next month one of the things we wanted to do was get the distributor on to the machine and synchronize the dual points. In this topic I'm going to go through the process with pictures and video. The machine

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Last reply by alsancle · 1w

REO Royale Taillights

There is a set of 31-33 taillights in the marketplace linked to an eBay auction. They provide an excellent set of detailed photographs. Note license plate bracket. https://app.rumbleseat.com/admin/marketplace/listing/8884752

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Door Handles

Originally posted by Jeff Trahan in the old forum. My Royale had three different interior door handles when I got it and now one of them broke so I'm looking for something that will work if I can't find one or two originals. Any ideas? Than

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Last reply by alsancle · Feb 11

Perkis Oil Filter Adapter Installation

Instructions for installation of the Perkis Oil Filter Adapter.

Last reply by alsancle · Feb 11

WINDSHIELD FRAME FOR '31-'34 Royales

At the July, 2013 Reo Club of America Meet in Geneva, NY I hosted a forum on the topic of 'Rotting Windshield and What To do About It'. I could hardly get anyone to pay attention. I plan on hosting this forum again at the 2019 REO Meet in K

Last reply by MarkGregory · Feb 11

Modern Part Numbers for Distibutor Components

EDIT: This was originally posted by "MPeters" in the old forum. It should go in the tech session an I will copy or move it later - A.J. Following are modern part numbers, I have used for REO Royale Distributor: NAPA O'Reilly POINTS CS778A/C

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Last reply by alsancle · Jul 29