James, remember the image I sent you that showed the distributor firing
order? It shows the rotation too. I just looked at it again ....
Clockwise.
The stock B runs counter clockwise.
I shoulda looked last night when you called.
I will be interested in any comments on the position/placement of the
oil pump gears.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of james
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:06 PM
> To: v8
> Subject: oil pressure
>
>
> For those that aren't Larry...I tried to prime the oil pump
> today to no avail. The pump is packed with Vaseline FWIW.
> Recollection had it that you spin the pump CC. I made up a
> drive tool threw it in my drill, aimed a mirror at the gauge,
> and started spinning. Eight minutes later nothing had
> changed. Got worried, called Larry for advice.
>
> So here we are. I pulled the oil filter to see if oil ran
> out (implying that some had moved), none did. So at this
> point I knew it was a pump problem not a gauge problem
> (mechanical, brand new). So I called my dad for info. He
> has a copy of a Chilton manual that covers all cars from the
> 40s to the 70s or so. I recalled seeing a dizzy rotation
> direction listed, and I recalled this being opposite for
> Buick and Olds. He looked and both turn clockwise.
>
> Thought a little and decided no harm in turning the pump
> backwards, and by my estimation clockwise is correct and CC
> is backwards. So in theory I had been spinning it backwards
> for eight minutes. Flipped the lever on the drill and hit
> the trigger, for about two seconds it spun the same then I
> started feeling the teeth of the oil pump. Kind of a thump
> thump thump, just as I released the trigger in dismay I heard
> the sound of oil being pumped out of the engine and onto the
> floor. I had a look and sure enough, a fitting that I had
> cut for clearance had burst. No problem it is a $3.50 part
> and I don't need the clearance cut on it anymore anyways.
>
> So in theory I have oil preassure, I still have to replace
> the fitting and try again, to see what kind of preassure.
> About the lopey feeling of the rotation, has anyone else
> experienced this? Is the drill usually turned clockwise or
> CC? Is anything out of the ordinary in my current situation?
>
> Lastly, Larry and I were chatting about the alignment marks
> on the pump gears, are they of any importance? I miked one
> of the gears and they didn't seem to have an up or down side,
> do they still need to be aligned?
>
> james
> 71BGTV8 so very close to done
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