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Re: wohoo!!!!!

To: oliver <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: wohoo!!!!!
From: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:35:16 -0700 (PDT)
> then one more question - i think its an oil pressure warning light sensor?
> towards the back of the block, down near the oil filter and oil pressure
> sensor, there is another hole
> in the block that spurted oil wonderfully onto the garage floor.

Oh uh. You're not lubricating your distributor gear.

There should be a thin metal line that goes between that hole, and a
hole on the side of the distributor pedestal. It provides oil to the
distributor shaft and oil pump/distributor drive gear et al.

> and while i'm asking - what's the recommended pressure for the (not
> quite on the) radiator cap?

Original shop manual lists 0.3-0.4 kg/cm2 or 0.4-0.6 lb/in2.
Naturally, that doesn't make sense, but nothing in this book does.
They missed on the decimal point, should be 4-6 lb/in2.

So the answer you're looking for is 4.
4 pounds per square inch.
As I recall, some early Jags used 4 PSI caps as well.

-- John
     John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu  Sacramento, CA




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