Gary,
I have a friend who had the same problem with a freshly rebuilt 3A motor.
All of a sudden in very few miles the oil pressure went to zero. I helped him
out with the second rebuild and this is what I found. Go to the Moss
catalogue Internal Engine. Part 32 #325-180 had sheared (god knows why) and
the
part 33 #836-510 was permitted to slip up inside part 31 #836-520, and
disengage the shaft from the oil pump. His first assessment of the situation
was
that the combination of part 31 and 33 was too short and was made wrong, but
after closer inspection I found that the pin was sheared. The shaft would
engage enough to build oil pressure but the slightest amount of play would
allow
the tang to slip out and the pump stopped rotating. Going inside the sump to
see if the pump was engaged did not reveal this. It happened when the motor
was running. I am not sure, but it appears that the dizzy was tightened down
mighty hard with the tang not engaged in the slot of the pump shaft.
This is a long shot that this would happen twice in the same universe, but
it is worth a look.
It may be for a different reason, but make sure your shaft and pump are
engaged at all times.
David
David Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO
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