OOPs, I should have read James' entire message before I responded. Glad
to hear you have (or will have) oil pressure.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larry Hoy
> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 7:09 AM
> To: 'james'; 'v8'
> Subject: RE: oil pressure
>
>
> James, remember the image I sent you that showed the
> distributor firing order? It shows the rotation too. I just
> looked at it again .... Clockwise.
>
> The stock B runs counter clockwise.
>
> I shoulda looked last night when you called.
>
> I will be interested in any comments on the
> position/placement of the oil pump gears.
>
>
> Larry
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of james
> > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:06 PM
> > To: v8
> > Subject: oil pressure
> >
> >
> > For those that aren't Larry...I tried to prime the oil pump
> > today to no avail. The pump is packed with Vaseline FWIW.
> > Recollection had it that you spin the pump CC. I made up a
> > drive tool threw it in my drill, aimed a mirror at the gauge,
> > and started spinning. Eight minutes later nothing had
> > changed. Got worried, called Larry for advice.
> >
> > So here we are. I pulled the oil filter to see if oil ran
> > out (implying that some had moved), none did. So at this
> > point I knew it was a pump problem not a gauge problem
> > (mechanical, brand new). So I called my dad for info. He
> > has a copy of a Chilton manual that covers all cars from the
> > 40s to the 70s or so. I recalled seeing a dizzy rotation
> > direction listed, and I recalled this being opposite for
> > Buick and Olds. He looked and both turn clockwise.
> >
> > Thought a little and decided no harm in turning the pump
> > backwards, and by my estimation clockwise is correct and CC
> > is backwards. So in theory I had been spinning it backwards
> > for eight minutes. Flipped the lever on the drill and hit
> > the trigger, for about two seconds it spun the same then I
> > started feeling the teeth of the oil pump. Kind of a thump
> > thump thump, just as I released the trigger in dismay I heard
> > the sound of oil being pumped out of the engine and onto the
> > floor. I had a look and sure enough, a fitting that I had
> > cut for clearance had burst. No problem it is a $3.50 part
> > and I don't need the clearance cut on it anymore anyways.
> >
> > So in theory I have oil preassure, I still have to replace
> > the fitting and try again, to see what kind of preassure.
> > About the lopey feeling of the rotation, has anyone else
> > experienced this? Is the drill usually turned clockwise or
> > CC? Is anything out of the ordinary in my current situation?
> >
> > Lastly, Larry and I were chatting about the alignment marks
> > on the pump gears, are they of any importance? I miked one
> > of the gears and they didn't seem to have an up or down side,
> > do they still need to be aligned?
> >
> > james
> > 71BGTV8 so very close to done
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