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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 3385
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-30-2002 07:55 PM
   
i installed my new msd pro billet dist today. of course it did not drop down in the hole untill i bumped the starter a little. then it still needed about 1/4 in to bottom out. i took a piece of wood and tapped it on down. thought it was just tight. it turned freely. started the engine, NO OIL PRESSURE. i had already checked it against the duraspark that i took out and they were identical. i can see the oil pump drive shaft in the hole. it is about 3/4 of an inch down in the hole in the block. what have i done?? any ideas.------------------
mike r
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 11429
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 12-30-2002 08:52 PM
Mike is the part that fits the oil pump drive shaft the same as the duraspark you.How about the legth of the two is that the same too.
I'm not I know what I'm talking about Mike just trying to help.  ------------------
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 780
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 12-30-2002 09:23 PM
Yikes, hate to guess here. But it kinda soulds like the oil pump or the shaft might be cracked. I would try a 1/4" X 1/4" deep socket on a long extension. See if the pump will make any pressure that way.
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 12-30-2002 10:20 PM
Mike,Did you change the filter while you were at it? It might not be related, but try driving the pump with a socket like Buster sugessted. Be sur to tape the socket to the extension.  SteveW
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jsracingbbf
Gearhead Posts: 1677
From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-30-2002 10:22 PM
I think you have to set the dril to reverse, if I remember correctly.
Try it and see. Jerry
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-30-2002 10:42 PM
Yes, you must spin it counter clockwise.
My guess is you may have rounded off the oil pump shaft.------------------
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 3385
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-31-2002 10:55 AM
yoo hoo, i got it. when i pulled the old dist out, the pump rod came up enough to come out of the hole in the pump and was resting on the case of the pump. i got my telescoping magnet and finally got it back in the right hole. thanks for all the input guys.------------------
mike r
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Hans olsson
Gearhead Posts: 293
From: Sweden
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 12-31-2002 02:50 PM
I did the same thing once,only diff was that my shaft dropped down in the pan. 
This can never happen with the larger dia after market shafts.
Happy New Year to all of you
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Ken
Gearhead Posts: 3859
From: Prospect, Ct. M&M Member No. 31 MCA Member 49299
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-31-2002 06:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by capri man:
finally got it back in the right hole.
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68 S-code GT
Gearhead Posts: 1044
From: Sayreville, NJ, US
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 12-31-2002 06:32 PM
Pulled my distributor last spring and all I heard was a clank. You guessed it! The next thing I did was pull the pan to get the pump shaft back. 
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Dad Vishus
Gearhead Posts: 540
From: Moscow, Iowa, USA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-31-2002 07:45 PM
Some oil pump shafts I've seen have a spring clip on one end that will prevent the shaft from pulling out of the pump. It does go in only one way to work like that. The clip is closer to one end than the other.The clip is close to the hole in the block casting that the shaft passes through. It will not move far enough to allow the shaft to pull out of the pump. ------------------
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itlbrnmoff
Gearhead Posts: 746
From: Indianapolis,IN.USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 01-02-2003 10:22 AM
On the subject of oil pump shafts...anyone racing here should already have one of the stronger shafts installed...I've seen pictures of stock puny pump shafts twisted up like pretzels.The stronger chrome moly shafts cost less than $30.00 from FMS,ARP,Milodon,etc...And you especially need one running a HV pump...In my haste as a first-time backyard engine assembler,I didn't use the good shaft... 
My engine hasn't flown the coop yet, but the way I abuse it sometimes, it's a time bomb.
I guess the reason I'm writing this is because I'm itching to tear my engine apart and do it right this time... 
Even though it runs fine,I dread the day that I rev it to the moon and it explodes!!
But...the factory T-5 or that weak 7.5" rearend might go first...who knows, it could all blow at the same time...then I could start the whole thing over!!
One thing's for sure though, I will definitely have a $25.00 quality oil pump shaft in it... PS, I built this engine in 1996, and it still has less than 10,000 miles on it...I guess that's why it's still hangin' tough...And I'm 7 years smarter now, that's why I don't drive it much... ------------------
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 4538
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 01-02-2003 03:20 PM
But those big heavy duty shafts are only as strong as their weakest point, and that's usually right where they neck down to fit in the pump or the dizzy. I know from experiance, I sheared one of them once right where it got skinny. Granted mine had sucked a piece of junk into the oil pump and locked it up, but the shaft still broke. Even the fat heavy duty shafts arent "bullet proof".
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-02-2003 03:44 PM
Fat shaft help keep you from having the problem that Mike did.
All HV SBF oil pumps come with a retaining ring on the new shaft. It must be positioned to keep the shaft from moving to far at the time of oil pump installation.
I can't tell you all how many engines I have taken apart that were built by others where the ring was either pushed up in the worng spot or discarded all together. ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 858
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 01-02-2003 03:51 PM
when I pulled the distributor from the 302 in the Ranchero, the shaft was RTVd to the end of the distributor. no kiddin'! When I put the distributor back in, lemme tell ya, it was still glued on there.------------------
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