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Fleet Mechanic
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From: River Valley AR
A friend of mine had a SBC about the same year. Evidently he got water in the oil and it made a pudding like mixture that filled the crankcase and valve covers and lifter valley completely. If the same thing happened on yours I don't see how it could ever pump oil without cleaning the pudding out.
You could also use a drill to turn the oil pump shaft with the right adapter. Good luck with it.
You could also use a drill to turn the oil pump shaft with the right adapter. Good luck with it.
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From: north west new jersey
i use a old distributor for ignition points with the drive gear teeth ground off and the top plate for the rotor removed.the shaft is way down for the oil pump.clamped a 1/2 inch drill on to it. could probibly use a old long screw diver cut off also. as they had a single grove in the shaft.any thing with a flat on it long enough to go down and reach the pump shaft.
what i use is almost like what summit racing sells. just it's cost was free.
what i use is almost like what summit racing sells. just it's cost was free.
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Charlie and I are old timers with both of us having a used distributor cut to prime the small block up with oil. Check and see what you do and don't have at this point then tell us.
The oil pump shaft cannot fall out because it directly connects to the pump, the sleeve aligns the shaft to install the distributor. You will feel it "set" when it drops into the oil pump shaft.
The oil pump shaft cannot fall out because it directly connects to the pump, the sleeve aligns the shaft to install the distributor. You will feel it "set" when it drops into the oil pump shaft.
Hotshot
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From: Marengo, Iowa
What possibly could happaen is the plastic collar holding the shaft to the pump disintegrate, but I don't think it can fall through, not enough clearance, but I have had one bend the pump over, although that was a high volume pump... But on a primer drive, I have a tool I made, simply a pipe about the same size ID and a nail welded across the bottom, and bolt on top, then you can hook a drill to it. A little easier than reworking an old distributor.
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From: north west new jersey
john
i made a few oil pump primers . realy just about all of them as needed ford .gm mopar..must recently i was glad i still had my ford flathead tappet wrenches when i built the motor for my 53 f100 into a stroked 239 useing a merc crank and rods .
just about every one of us mature wrenches have made some tool in one way or another to help us. i still like priming a motor before i dump it back in.
another item that i made was the universal drive shaft strap every one likes. that was my brain child and the idea stolen by new milford welding in hackensack n.j. before i could get my patten started. he saw it on my 58 and started selling it to racers. back then he was making tow bars that were custom fit.
i made a few oil pump primers . realy just about all of them as needed ford .gm mopar..must recently i was glad i still had my ford flathead tappet wrenches when i built the motor for my 53 f100 into a stroked 239 useing a merc crank and rods .
just about every one of us mature wrenches have made some tool in one way or another to help us. i still like priming a motor before i dump it back in.
another item that i made was the universal drive shaft strap every one likes. that was my brain child and the idea stolen by new milford welding in hackensack n.j. before i could get my patten started. he saw it on my 58 and started selling it to racers. back then he was making tow bars that were custom fit.
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ITS GONE ITS GONE ITS GONE!!!!!! my uncle drove it home to day. runnin a little rough, needs fine tuneing but it got him home. and i think the rear seal went out cause it was smokin like a sombitch drippin on the y pipe but it aint my problem any more. we put a new pump in it ($12 no big deal) bottom end was pretty clean actually a little bit of build up on the rods but nothin major. fired r up and the pressure guage jumped up and then we took it out and ran tha **** outta it and it cleard out most of the crap, he said it was runnin strong but gutless goin up hills. dont know what to make of that.
thanks for all of yalls help.
edit: the collar was split in half and fell out when we pulled the pump
thanks for all of yalls help.
edit: the collar was split in half and fell out when we pulled the pump
