Re: [AMC-list] Pumping Up Oil Before Starting a Stored Engine

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't forget to remove the distributor driven gear from the bottom of the 
distributor otherwise it won't work.
good luck




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From: "Matt Shumaker" <mshumaker@xxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 3:47 PM
Subject: [AMC-list] Pumping Up Oil Before Starting a Stored Engine


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> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:52:05 -0700
> From: Chuck Noll//<cnoll99@xxxxxxx>//
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> On 10/11/14 12:02 PM,//amc-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//  wrote:
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> /Thanks for the advise guys I will follow it. I also seem to recall that
> you can remove the distributor and use a flat blade in a drill to spin
> the oil pump to get oil into the engine without cranking it over. Am I
> wrong about this? Is it a good idea or a bad one? First I have to
> replace the wire harness before I can do anything. I have heard some say
> that is fairly easy and others say it is not. We shall see.
> Chuck/
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> You're right about using a flat blade screwdriver to turn the oil pump 
> before starting an engine that's been in storage, Chuck.  I always try to 
> do that with an engine that I've just assembled so it won't start dry, 
> even though I have glurped it up with assembly lube.  The problem with 
> using a screwdriver is that it is difficult to keep it in the oil pump's 
> slot and also to turn it fast enough. What I did with an AMC 360 V8 was to 
> buy a junk distributor.  Then I cut off the aluminum housing above the 
> boss where it fits into the block.  Then I turned down the top of the 
> distributor shaft so I could chuck it into a 1/2 inch drill.  (That does 
> not need to be exact.  Using a drill and a file or just a file will be 
> OK.)  Then I engaged the shaft into the oil pump and fit the distributor 
> housing into the block.  With the drill on low speed, I turned the oil 
> pump until oil came out the tops of the push rods.
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