360 oil pump shaft????
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360 oil pump shaft????
I just pulled my 360 and opted to go with the high volume oil pump .....ok now Im getting ready to reinstall the old shaft and it seems my old shaft which is in good shape is not long enough???? I have played and looked and played some more ...Please help me!! Thanks DJ 
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if it is the exact same shaft that same out it will work , a new shaft is real cheap insurance ffor the twenty bucks. A porblem I had was when onstalling the dist. I didnt seat it far enough in the engine while converting it to dura spark, bob
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Im tellin ya it is not long enough and Im speaking from frustration right now.It is ok to drop it in from the top isnt it. There is a key that stops it from falling all the way thru and if i am to seat it in the new pump I have no shaft for the dist???
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If the keeper is left on the shaft, the shaft must be installed from the bottom. Remove the keeper and you can install from the top. The shaft does not stick up above the boss in the block at the bottom of the dist. bore. If keeper is removed you take the chance of dropping the shaft into the oil pan when the dist. is removed next time.
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put some heavy grease on the end of the dist. shaft , put it in the bottom of the dist. , gently lower it into the engine ,minus the keeper ,of course, gently rotate the rotor back and forth to mesh the gear and the shaft into the pump, completly seat the dist. you mnay have to bump the engine to do that, and install the bolt and c/clamp. pull the coil wire , turn the engine untill you get oil preasure, if the shaft happens to drop off as you lower it in and if you are lucky enough to have it fall into the hole , it will still work , you can also install it with a long pair of needle nose pliars and then install the dist. on top of it. there is a hole down in the engine that the shaft will be in, when the shaft is un the right spot , the hole will be level with the end of the shaft , my 2c's bob
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Thanks so much all of you. Does the pointed end go twords the pump or dist. and it (oil shaft) must not go into the dist very far huh?? I have the retaining ring all the way to the end of the shaft and seem to barely be making the oil pump hole!! Thanks again.DJ
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I did it too, put the pump back on minus the drive pin... but I decided getting it right was wortha another gasket and saving myself a large headache later..you dont have to remove the ngine to do it. You can lift it just out of the mounts and the pan will slide out.
Hint: next time make notes and use a table to work on so all the parts are in plane view...Yes i get this from experience,,,LOL
Hint: next time make notes and use a table to work on so all the parts are in plane view...Yes i get this from experience,,,LOL
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From: willamette valley ore
DJ53, The pointy end should be at the top. It allows the shaft to line up with the dissy when you nest it in the intake manifold. I've had success using a wire and some tape to lower the shaft into place. Practice on the bench until you are able to unroll the tape from the shaft by pushing down and gently turning the wire to unwrap the tape from the shaft. Steve
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