Hey Damien,
Sorry mate but i feel i'd better put everything
straight. What i'm trying to find out is if the
Holden Commodore 3.8L V6 front cover is anything
like the Buick 3.8L V6. i'm told that its the same
engine or virtually so that is. i've not been able
to slap my hands on the Buick type of cover that
the gentleman Winn Bearden is talking about. i'd
really love to see a pic of one and know whether
the oil pump is as on the Buick & Rover V8 or is
it driven off the crank-nose as in the Commodore
design.
Pete Bronlund
ALMAC SABRE (kit-car under construction).
----- Original Message -----
From: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
To: Pete Bronlund <peteb@clear.net.nz>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: V8 oil pump thoughts
> Hi Pete;
>
> Sounds like youve got yr fingers dirty putting
these bits together!
>
> Have you got any photos or any other techo info
on fitting the Holden
> 3.8 timing cover to the rover 3.5 or P76 4.4
block ?
>
> I'd like to hear more about this, is there
machining involved ?
>
> Damien Haas
>
>
> Pete Bronlund wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Winn Bearden <wbearden@americus.net>
> > Subject: Re: V8 oil pump thoughts
> >
> > Winn, this sounds like really good advice but
...
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > do you know the proper order code or
part-number
> > that we could use at a Buick agent for this V6
> > 3.8L cover?
> >
> > The only 3.8 cover i've sourced is a sort of
Buick
> > relation, a "variant" used on the Australian
> > Holden Commodore. The oil
> > pump is driven from the crank nose and is
integral
> > with where the harmonic balancer (front bottom
> > pulley) fits up.
> >
> > > 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!
> >
> > Does the oil pump drive come from the
distributor
> > end on the Buick V6 3.8L?
> > (We don't see much, if any Buick stuff down
> > under...so you'll understand why we're
asking).
> >
> > >(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
> >
> > Yes, the Rover covers like the "SD1" with the
> > lip-seal rather than rope (which leaks) are
> > obtainable second
> > hand but aren't cheap and are usually quite
worn
> > where the doggs run.
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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