<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>Oil pump?</span></div><div><span>Mike</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 4:40 PM, Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div dir="ltr">Mike,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">No oil at the rocker arms concerns me more than the gauge reading. The <br clear="none">gauge was recently rebuilt by Nisonger's but you're right. I need to <br clear="none">make sure it works.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Bob Haskell<br clear="none">AHCA 3000 MkI registrar<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php" target="_blank">http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 07/03/2018 07:24 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:<br clear="none">> Check your gauge. Try putting a in line pressure gauge that is tested <br clear="none">> on your oil system before you start taking things apart again.<br clear="none">> Mike MacLean<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 4:18 PM, Bob Haskell <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net" href="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net">rchaskell@earthlink.net</a>> <br clear="none">> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> All,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Pulled the engine out of our tri-carb last December due to low oil<br clear="none">> pressure and running too hot. Bearings were okay; the engine got a new<br clear="none">> oil pump, rear main seal, pressure relief spring and plunger, and timing<br clear="none">> gears, chain and tensioner.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Started the engine yesterday and it started almost immediately. So I<br clear="none">> was really pleased until I looked at the oil pressure gauge and saw the<br clear="none">> needle was sitting on the peg. No oil visible at the rocker arms either.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I removed the spin on oil filter and attempted to prime the oil pump by<br clear="none">> squirting oil the filter inlet passage. But it was already full.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Can one remove the distributor and spin the oil pump with a drill motor?<br clear="none">> I'd like to be able to test without spinning the crank and cam on dry<br clear="none">> bearings, etc..<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Suggestions?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Cheers,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Bob Haskell<br clear="none">> AHCA 3000 MkI registrar<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php" target="_blank">http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php</a><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Support Team.Net <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a>><div class="yqt1178728888" id="yqtfd83963"><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Unsubscribe/Manage: <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rrengineer.mike@att.net</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>