re:81 no oil pressure

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is an LA block 318.  If the oil pump drive shaft breaks, the
distributor stops turning - thus it would not have run at all.

Dick Benjamin
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From: "Richard lindsey" <SC1342@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: IML: re:81 no oil pressure


> hi,,dont drop the pan yet,,if you didnt hear any knocking before you
> shut it off you probibly broke a oil pump shaft,,mark and pull the
> dist.,,then pull the oil pump drive shaft by taking a large screwdriver
> and turning it in reverse to disengauge it from the camshaft drive
> gear,,pullit up and out,,if the hex end is broke off,, theres your
> problem,,use a magnet to pull the broken part out of oil pump
> drive,,,replace and assemble,,,.if you cant pull drive you can pull the
> intake manifold for beter access,,shouldnt half to ,,even if you pull
> the pan you still need to pull dist and shaft anyway as they dont come
> out through the pan anyway,,if shaft is good you have a more serious
> problem,,,..if very cold there,,you could have water in bottom of pan
> and it froze,,.pull plug and check,,if so heat pan and drain,,replace
> oil and run to get oil into lifters and rest of system,,,then find where
> water came from,,.keep us up on your progress ,,,....rick
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