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Old 04-11-2020, 12:36 AM   #21
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One way if you have no gear is to remove the verticle gallery plug next to the oil pressure sender, put a funnel in there and fill it with oil
Then turn the engine over BACKWARDS, this will suck the oil into the pump.
Or get a hand vacum pump and fit to the same spot,pull the vacum and turn the engine over.
But best way is to pressurise the oil system as said.
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Old 04-11-2020, 02:18 AM   #22
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Step by step find out if there is a piece missing...
First is the pump actually pumping ?
If so next is to find out where the oilflow is escaping.
Someone forgot the pump idler gear you have no flow at all...
Or someone hot-tanked the block with the gear in place...no bushing left in there now...
Next is the usual suspects...plugs...relief springs...
But if the pump isnīt giving you a mess pumping out the oilpressure sender hole when open...no need to hunt down a leak...or use pressure oiling...
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Old 04-11-2020, 10:12 AM   #23
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I have a starting point now as I removed the oil line from engine block up to filter and turned the motor over and nothing comes out. I will drop the oil pan first and start with the oil pump first.

Are they a way to test the oil pump if I remove it from the block?
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Old 04-11-2020, 11:42 AM   #24
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I have a starting point now as I removed the oil line from engine block up to filter and turned the motor over and nothing comes out. I will drop the oil pan first and start with the oil pump first.

Are they a way to test the oil pump if I remove it from the block?
When the pan is off...take a look down the hole where the pump was mounted...can you see the idler gear in there...if nothing but a round hole down there...flywheel has to come off to give you access to the cover and idler gear.

Check that oilpickup gasket to pump is sealing...otherwise it will suck just air trying to prime.

With pump in hand remove plug on side check spring and relief valve.
Check drive gear for axial play.
If that looks good take bottom of pump off check shaft with drive gear for radial play.
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Old 04-11-2020, 12:29 PM   #25
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I have a starting point now as I removed the oil line from engine block up to filter and turned the motor over and nothing comes out. I will drop the oil pan first and start with the oil pump first.

Are they a way to test the oil pump if I remove it from the block?
Search back a few years ago, I did a long post on how to make an oil
pump tester out of plastic tubing. The plastic is a tight fit on oil
pump. You remove the drive gear and turn the pump with a 1/2" electric
drill. Run the drill in the same direction as drilling a hole. Put a flexible
plastic hose from the pump output to a 100lb oil gauge and another hose
after the gauge. Put the pick up screen of the pump down in a pan of oil.
Turn the drill on, when oil starts to flow bend the hose after the gauge.
the tighter the bend it the higher the pressure. Let the oil go back into the
pan. You should see over a 100 lbs. The pump may have an internal
pressure by pass valve that is leaking. The gears could also be warn
or the gasket on the plate on the bottom leaking. G.M.
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Old 04-12-2020, 11:45 AM   #26
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Removed the oil pump this morning and verified with flashlight by looking up through passage and seeing the gear was in place. Started taking the pump apart and the gasket between the oil pickup and oil pump as suspect and saturated with oil. The bypass bolt was not tight at all just finger tight.

I have attached couple pictures of the gears which show some wear. This is the first oil pump gears I have every seen and do not know if they are good to reuse or worn out. I have a new wider and thicker gasket for the oil pickup; would you put back together and fill the gear chamber with vaseline as Petehoovie suggested and give it a try?
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Old 04-12-2020, 11:51 AM   #27
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Try and move the gear that is in place in the body now sideways....does it move...you need new bushings.
That bottom plate tells me the pump has some miles on it.
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Old 04-12-2020, 11:56 AM   #28
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flatheadmurre, the shaft has no play in it at all.
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Old 04-12-2020, 12:52 PM   #29
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Then the gearpart should be good to go.
If the axial and radial play is minimal they usually function very well.
Put it back togetter pack it with grease make sure all gaskets seal well.
But then the question is why it didnīt pump any oil...even a worn pump usually pumps oil out the open oilsender hole...
Maybe time for a little more investigating to check the front plug is really there...
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Old 04-12-2020, 01:54 PM   #30
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I found an old post by GM where he made out of PCV pipe a way to test an oil pump. Thought I would look around the farm to see if I had the right size and give it a try.
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Old 04-12-2020, 02:00 PM   #31
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You mentioned you can see the gear up in the oil pump hole. Looking at the gear can you see the amount of the gear showing to be at least 1/2 inch or more? Reason i ask the gear can be installed backwards on the shaft when its backwards you will still see some of the gear {less than 1/3] in the pump hole. However this gear will strip its teeth quickly if its instilled backwards. Another thing I would suggest is check to see if the oil drive gear turns when the engine is being rotated. I have seen on a NOS Ford Flathead cam installed in a fresh engine where the oil drive gear on the cam was loose this then caused the oil pump drive idler gear to not rotate.
Testing the oil pump you will find it takes a lot of torque to pump oil i test my pumps using my Bridgeport milling machine its amazing how much power is needed to turn the pump I spin the pumps to 3000 RPM during the test. You will also find its a very messy job since oil will come out during the spin test on the shaft end anything in the area will not rust for some time with the oil spray. I first tried a cheap import drill press that would not work at all.
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Old 04-12-2020, 03:01 PM   #32
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you can put the pump in a bucket of oil and spin by hand, if the pump is going to work oil will come out of the slot in the side of the pump--pressure is just a function of the speed at which the pump is running/moving oil because you do not have a pressure relief valve
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Old 04-12-2020, 06:17 PM   #33
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I did just that after putting back together and turned it a few times and out come the oil. I took it back apart and packed the gears with Vaseline and put back together. I replaced the gasket at the pickup and pump, then tightened the bypass nut up. Just got through reinstalling it and after a couple revolutions I had oil coming out of the block. Put the oil line back on to the filter and turned it over some more and started getting oil pressure on the gage.

Thanks everyone, tomorrow if I get a chance I will put the plugs in and give her a little gas and see what comes of it.

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Good news.
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