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Re: V8 oil pump thoughts

To: buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: V8 oil pump thoughts
From: Mark Tinker <mtinker@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 14:59:30 -0500
To: Winn Bearden <wbearden@americus.net>
Subject: Re: V8 oil pump thoughts
Cc: 

At 11:05 AM 9/8/1999 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Order you  a brand new timing cover for a 3.8 Buick.  You have to enlarge the 
>dowel
>
>pin holes if it is a Rover V-8.  One other thing. There is two different types 
>of
>timing covers.  Make sure your oil pan bolts line up.  If they don't, then it 
>is
>the wrong one.  The wrong one can work, but you'll have to drill and tap new 
>oil
>pan bolt holes AND drill out a blocked off oil passage. Not worth the hassle 
>unless
>
>you've already bought the wrong one and installed a hi- vol oil pump before you
>realized it! (You can safely guess that this is what I did!)  100 bucks for the
>cover, 30 for the hi- vol oil pump, and 30 for a Buick water pump instead of 
>the
>$200.00 Rover WP.
>
>
>--
>Winn Bearden    19?? SIIA/SIII/RR 100" Hybrid
>P.O. Box 464       1995 RR County Classic
>Americus, Georgia  1967 NADA 109" SW (in pieces)
>31709
> 

Can anyone elaborate on how this might affect the mounting of power steering 
hardware on a Rover block.  If I recall correctly, the Rover cover has 2 
threaded holes for the power steering pump bracket.

Mark Tinker
Dallas, TX  USA
80 TR8


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