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Subject: [Fot] Type A OD pressure test
From: yellow04 at tr4racer.com (yellow04 at tr4racer.com)
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:09:38 -0500
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Larry's step 15 to ensure the pump get's primed is key. Saves lots of 
aggravation on the test stand.

You can't really know what is going on without a pressure gauge, I got 
mine from Jay Holekamp. Works just fine.

jholekamp at sbcglobal.net
http://www.geocities.ws/jholekamp/

h

On 2018-03-07 15:41, Larry Young via Fot wrote:

> 
> One problem I have frequently had is that the unit will not pressure
> up after I put oil in it.? I've always thought it was because of all
> the air in the lines. I developed an assembly method to make sure I
> got oil pumped at each step. You could also use it as a
> troubleshooting method. You might check it out starting at Step 15 in
> http://vintagetriumphregister.org/maintain/TransRebuild/OverDriveA02.pdf.
> Another trick I've heard is to put Vaseline jelly in the pump to help
> it get started.

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