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So this is how my COE traveled home, not a good way to end a great day
Well amazing what a new day can bring, this
morning I did a lot of thinking about the oil pump problems,
first I rang Ray to get his opinion I fitted the Mallory Distributor minus the gear and tried to turn the Oil Pump,
it turned without any problem at all, so either the expert mechanic didn’t try hard enough yesterday to turn the
Rotor button or I don’t know ??, so I then fitted the factory Ford Distributor and with a bit of timing adjustment it fired up,
I so ran it for about 15 minutes , oil pressure was still about 80 psi and ran it at idle and then at about 3,000 revs
for a minute or so, not a single problem or noise.
first I rang Ray to get his opinion I fitted the Mallory Distributor minus the gear and tried to turn the Oil Pump,
it turned without any problem at all, so either the expert mechanic didn’t try hard enough yesterday to turn the
Rotor button or I don’t know ??, so I then fitted the factory Ford Distributor and with a bit of timing adjustment it fired up,
I so ran it for about 15 minutes , oil pressure was still about 80 psi and ran it at idle and then at about 3,000 revs
for a minute or so, not a single problem or noise.
So I rang Ray again and told him the results,
we both agreed that it would be a good idea to drop the pan
find the
missing gear chunks and anything else that might be down there, Ray wants me to bring the Oil pan without
cleaning it to him, when it is of and if everything is ok, I will then buy a high volume Oil Pump and fit that.
missing gear chunks and anything else that might be down there, Ray wants me to bring the Oil pan without
cleaning it to him, when it is of and if everything is ok, I will then buy a high volume Oil Pump and fit that.
So I am a bit happier now.
Well a month later and everything has changed, I have decided to bit the bullet and bought an exchange rebuilt 351 Engine, I need some reliability
So that has been fitted and so far I have done about 400 kms in it and everything was going nicely until !!!
The Radiator Split !!!!!!!!!
Well a month later and everything has changed, I have decided to bit the bullet and bought an exchange rebuilt 351 Engine, I need some reliability
So that has been fitted and so far I have done about 400 kms in it and everything was going nicely until !!!
The Radiator Split !!!!!!!!!