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: Thanks Glenn got it done so we'll see
: what happens tonight.
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: Oh yeah there are all kinds of awful
: things that could cause his problem,
: but my point was that if the priming
: tool shaft isn't a close-tolerance fit
: in the (.500) bush hole, the oil will
: just pump up through the annular gap
: around the shaft, vs getting pumped
: through the engine.
: Now if this is not the problem, it does
: become more of a problem...
: Glen
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: I was thinking about this last night
: trying to think of things to check.
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: My concern came back to your statement
: that running the pump did not develop
: any oil pressure on the gauge. I
: believe that would be a sign that
: something was left out or loose, maybe
: one of the gallery plugs.
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: Which engine is this? On the
: 6-cylinders there are a whole slew of
: plugs down the outside of the block.
: If one of them were missing you should
: see a lot of oil on the outside of the
: block. There are also larger gallery
: plugs on the ends of the main
: horizontal gallery. Those gallery
: plugs are sort-of hidden by the front
: and rear engine plates. If they were
: missing you may not know for a while as
: oil could be leaking back down into the
: pan behind one of the plates.
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: If the oil pump was not secured tightly
: to the inside of the block the
: resulting gap may allow the pump to
: fill the gallery but not develop any
: pressure.
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: A worst case scenario would be that
: somehow a main bearing shell was
: omitted during reassembly but I cannot
: image that would go unnoticed. (Hey...
: what's this extra bearing shell doing
: on the bench?)
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: The fact that you have no oil to the
: rocker gear at this stage is probably
: because the pump is not developing
: pressure and not an issue in its own
: right. The oil has to be supplied
: to/through the rear cam journal where
: it is sort of metered to the head by
: some cross drillings. Until you have
: pressure on the bottom end the oil will
: not reach the rockers.
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: Sorry I couldn't think of an easy fix
: or simple item to check.
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: Doug L.
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