Guy, that's quite normal and acceptable, assuming that sweat on your upper
lip is induced by mental stress about the problem, and not by the physical
effort it took to spin that pump.
Cheers!
Tom Stockman
Morrison, CO
67.5 1600 Roadster, 300K+ <-- on a single unrebuilt oil pump, yet!
> Mike,
> How did your oil pump shaft spin inside the distibutor shaft hole in the
>engine
> block? The shaft on mine is tight. It spins BUT with alot more pressure
>than
> the old 1600 oil pump. This problem has generated beads of sweat on my upper
> lip. A new engine and an oil pump that might not be right....Then again,
>maybe
> that's because it is a wonderful 109 degrees out today. What ya think?
> Guy
>
> datsunmike wrote:
>
> > Guy,
> >
> > What a coincidence as I installed the 2L oil pump on my Stroker the same day
> > and ran into the same situation. It is a tight interference fit and I got
> > nervous installing it. As Stan said you need to use studs BUT unfortunately
> > the shop took them off the block and now can't find them.
> >
> > What I did use were the shorter studs from the head and cut some of the
> > threads off - it worked like a charm providing you have extra studs. The
> > other alternative I also thought about was using longish bolts and then
> > cutting off the heads.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > BTW, should I load up the oil pump with oil before fitting it?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pamela Pepoy" <gppepoy@cybertrails.com>
> > To: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:12 PM
> > Subject: Installation of new oil pump
> >
> > > A while back, I purchased a new 2000 oil pump for my 1600 stroker
> > > project. I recently installed the new pump and had to shorten one of the
> > > original oil pump bolts to fit under a shoulder on the new pump. This
> > > shoulder does not exist on the 1600 pump. No big problem. What has me
> > > concerned is how the pump shaft fits in the 1600 engine block. It seems
> > > a tad too tight for my taste. It turns, with some amount of pressure,
> > > you can feel a strong resisence. The original pump and shaft turn very
> > > easily in the block. So....wise people. What do you advise? Any
> > > similar experiences with this issue? I still have the pan off so no big
> > > problem to work on the new or old pump.
> > > As always, many thanks.
> > > Guy
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