I am bewildered by what all the hub bub is about doing an oil pump or pan gasket in the car. remove starter, motor mounts, raise engine and it drops down a whole bunch.
thanks softtouch,,, but.. one thing i did not show in the vid which answered the question was this. when i ran the drill the boss where i had my socket inserted down over the pump drive shaft, that whole area fill up with oil really fast. This means that the actual dizzy gear itself will sling oil as well and likely be the biggest contributioin to lube.
what i meant was raising,,, blocking up and then lowering the pan so i can reach in on either side to remove & replace.... like i know can be done on the trucks with 302/351 easily. meaning the pan stays put,, just sort of flops around under there. I can buy more clearance by simply removing the two rack/pinion mounting bolts as well. this will let the rack sag a bit giving up more room to the pan.
good story btw.. yours have always been interesting. My son's grew up with the occassional haystack car troubles stories.
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haystack, i do have a double roller going in. as for the wear,, you and softtouch have me twitching now. he said "it looks kinda dry in there,, now your asking bout the wear. I never got an indication of low oil press at any time.
since i have the front cover parts off,, i think ill do the following............... pull the dizzy dump some oil in the pan from the front run a drill to drive the pump,, CCW of course then watch and listen and see if oil is raining down back into the pan.
im on what i believe is my last day of this bug i caught and of course i was nice enough to share it with the wife. after im sure she;'s back up and running , i will get back on this.
does anyone have an actual account of doing or knowing of anyone changing out an oil pump in this platform with the engine in the car? if the engine comes out.. its not going back in with just an oil pump....
my son has always said i need a spare built out motor on standby always for either he or I so we can quickly swap and be back up and running within a couple hours. Im starting to think that may need to become an option.
im just getting over a bug i caught but did make time to order some parts i dont have on hand like...
motor mounts - i bet both of mine are split in half ujoints Brake Rotors Brake pads
I know it was mentioned i should swap in a new oil pump. Has anyone been able to swap an oil pump with the engine in the car? I know i plan to jack up the engine as high as possiblle then block it,,, will this give me room to get the pump out? if yes,, then this means i can do a new one peice gasket as well.
I was able to do a pump in my bronco,, by dropping the pan and stuffing my hands in between the pan and block,, it was tight but i did it. on the coug though,, i think even having the motor blocked up it will still be tricky.
if im diving into the oil pump,,, then im also getting motor mounts. im betting the mounts have split in two by now.
this oil pan gasket is rediculous though,, its a rubber gasket with metal washers at every bolt opening. they seem to want to just fall out,, at least the ones up front under the timing cover did so i deleted them. Id rather have the ford explorer style rubber coated metal ones
Looks awful dry in there. However that chain is supposed to get lubed aint working. Is the shallow end of the pan in the front? Can you look in or stick something in the pan to see if there's oil there? Maybe it is supposed to splash or sling oil up from the pan.
yes,, there is oil up front in the front sump area.
its my understanding that the crank slings oil up to the cam lobes & to the dizzy gear. the dizzy gear slings oil out to the timing chain.,,, then the front part of the oil pan plays catch. I agree with you though. Ive just never had any indication that im not oiling right. The car did sit for a good while before i got the cover off so it makes sense that things were not "dripping" wet.
I hope im right on how the chain acctually gets lube becasue i dont know how it can any other way. I thought Turbocoupe50 told me about this a few years ago when i asked him about this.
the 83 digi cluster.... so little information out there on these displays,, or should i say available working units. I'd say your propably one of a handful of ppl on earth who has one.
