Bud's reply makes sense and maybe if I had replaced the pump this "symptom"
would have gone away. The pressure was rock steady through any kind of
driving, so I think the pickup was in the right spot. At the time I
knew
nothing of cars. I just used the low pressure as an indicator and
never had
to remove the dipstick. It ran fine until I lent it to a
friend that wanted
to visit his girlfriend in the Marines in Twenty Nine Palms. He had to drive
from Hermosa Beach and I told him to just watch the oil pressure gauge and
stop when the pressure got down to forty. I even supplied the oil. I guess
he was only thinking of one thing while driving out there. He got as far as
Needles, California and the engine seized. He had to buy me a used engine
from the junk yard to replace the one he killed. Yes, there
were Bugeyes in
junkyards back then. After that I had to use the
dipstick like everyone
else.Mike
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