Re: No oil pressure

["Ben Jr. Morgan" <polara_hotrods@xxxxxxx>]

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Have you tried taking out the dist. and using a drill in reverse with a priming rod to try and re-prime it? in my experience, its takes more than a few feeble cranks to prime the pump. Even if this doesn't work, you can still turn stuff with it to problem solve rather than turning the entire engine with no oil pressure. Just an idea.

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From: ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:57 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: No oil pressure

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I'd also like to thank everyone for all the responses, it gave me some  
more ideas as this issue is driving me BAT@#$%! It's been a bad week for  
anything with a motor for me. Besides the Polara, my Dakota R/T wouldn't  
stay running after it sat without a battery for 3 days, then last nite I  
wanted to go for a ride, but my 1 year old Harley's battery was dead!  
Just wasn't my week! I DID have a good time at the Nats and Brice Rd.  
Friday nite. Sorry if I missed meeting anyone since I didn't drive the  
Polara.
Jeff
Stanley Clinton wrote:
>  
>  Was this mystery solved??? My experience suggests
> that the pump lost it's prime from sitting? When I
> rebuilt a 400 years ago,I left the drain plug out
> overnight on it's 1st oil change.Added oil the next
> morning and I had the same problem,I brought the revs
> up a little and juiced it a few times and the pressure
> came back up and has been fine ever since.I was told
> that the B/RB engines are prone to this sort of
> thing,it was suggested that you should not "dally" and
> wait for the last drop to exit,but to plug her up and
> toss oil in pronto so the pick-up tube does not drain
> down.
>  A used oil pump would not hold the oil in the pick-up
> tube as well as a new one.Vasoline in the pump would
> seal it well enough to suck the oil from the sump and
> it does thin enough with heat that it mixes well with
> the oil.
>  Why did this engine lose it's prime from just
> sitting??? .. My best Homer Simpson whine.."I don't
> know." My guess is that due to the altitude that the
> oil has to rise to the pump was more than the pump
> could suck,thats why we love these engines isn't it??
> The crankshaft is enclosed by and iron block that
> extends well below the centerline of the
> crankshaft,netting great lower end stability.
>                         Stan "one too many" in Montana
>  
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Jeff Adams
64 Polara

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