Steve,
I usually pre-oil the motor by cranking it over with the starter motor,
without spark plugs in. This in theory is more damaging to a dry motor, but
you would not have to worry about the distributor shaft!
Seriously, I would not take a risk with having any possibility of faulty
oil pump drive, so I would pull the oil pan, the oil pump, and inspect and
correctly assemble all the parts. I dont remember if that little shaft
should have a pin or a keeper of some kind, or if you cannot get it in just
because of some kind of slight mis-match. Have you tried jiggleing the
crank pully back and forth while you try to get the shaft to drop back down?
IMHO opinion you should still drop the pan though.
Roadster content: My roadster is snug for the winter in the back shop under
its cover, with the battery out...but yesterday it was 70 degrees here!!!
Is global warming real? Perhaps I should enjoy January Roadstering before
the ice caps melt and flood out my part of Virginia!
Best Regards,
Jim
Chesapeake, Virginia
67 pushrod 2L 5spd "SAKE RKT"
>From: steven boortz <vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: steven boortz <vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com>
>To: roadsters <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: O/T '66 mustang 289 rebuild question
>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 11:32:29 -0800 (PST)
>
>hi everyone
>
>i have a '66 mustang i'm trying to get running so i will have the
>garage space for the roadsters (2 '67 1/2 SPLs, one running great, one not
>so
>much)! anyway, i got to the part where i pre-oil the engine (289 V8) using
>a
>drill motor attached to a device that fits into the hole where the
>distributor
>goes. the pre oiling seemed to go fine. but when i attempted to remove
>the
>device from the distributor hole. it resisted. i pulled and pulled and
>finally worked it out. too though, the little shaft that turns the oil
>pump
>also pulled up and is now about 1/2 inch above where it should be (or at
>least
>where it was before). the distributor won't go all the way in, and that
>little hexagonal shaft likely won't turn the oil pump.
>
>i've tried to wiggle
>and jimmy and otherwise attempt to get the things in position with no luck.
>so, am i going to have to pull the oil pan, remove the oil pump, and
>re-assemble the shaft? or is there some trick to getting the thing back?
>this ever happen to anyone?
>
>thank you for any and all your help/suggestions.
>steve
>675MIZU
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