Fluif - Old TR list humor. A while ago, someone (Joe Curry?) misspelled
fluid. For quite some time, it was a suggested magic elixir that would be
used to fix anything. Yes, it's weird, but we drive TR's too,
Your suggestion about oil travelling up the shaft or splashing from the cam
makes sense. That's the spiral groove I cleaned out. It took a while to
get the shaft out of the upper gear set.
I should have figured this one out for myself. I hadn't fitted it drive to
the block, so I forgot about the huge opening into the block just above the
oil pump shaft. Yeah, the rotation of the shaft will "pump" oil up here, if
the splash from the cam doesn't.
Thanks Randall.
Jack
> Jack :
>
> If memory serves, this area gets splash lubrication both slung by
> the cam,
> and from what comes up the grooves in the oil pump shaft. The last one I
> had apart was plenty oily.
> Assembly lube should be fine, motor oil or grease would also work.
>
> What is "fluif" ?
>
> Randall
>
> On Thursday, March 04, 1999 9:32 AM, Jack Brooks
> [SMTP:brooks@belcotech.com] wrote:
> >
> > Scions,
> >
> > As my engine rebuild work progresses I am finding I have yet another
> > unanswered question.
> >
> > I have just finished cleaning up the tachometer drive components. All
> the
> > gears and bushings are in good shape and everything looks solid. I was
> > getting ready to apply some (Redline) assembly lube, as I did in my oil
> pump
> > (right before I dropped it into a ziplock, awaiting engine reassembly)
> when
> > I thought about how the tachometer drive assembly gets
> lubrication during
> > normal operation. I'm stumped. We've got some bronze (brass)
> gears here
> so
> > the initial lubrication may be all it gets.
> >
> > Can anyone provide some guidance here? Also, if this area does not get
> an
> > oil from the engine, should I lube it with motor oil, grease or "fluif"?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jack Brooks
> > TS69032L
> > Hillsdale, NJ
> > My car show: http://pages.hotbot.com/family/triumph
> >
>
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