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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