Ummm, winter of 1916-1917?

Ding ding ding!!!

drilled the drain back hole that provides lubication to the dist gear from the front lifter gallery to a larger size???....could it be tapped for a tubing "nozzle" that would direct the oil to the gear

Haven't seen it, but both sound good. Since the drain hole size doesn't lower system pressure it has to help, especially since the load cycling is worse at low speed when the oil flow is lowest. There may be a way to use bypass oil to run a squirter?