[Amc-list] Coroner Inquest :] recently rebuilt 343 - No Oil Pressure

[Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Still no oil pressure.? After scratching our heads for a while we
remembered that the local machine shop sent the block back to us without any
of the plugs in it.? Usually they put the plugs back in the correct spots
before giving it back. We installed all the plugs we had but were unsure on
the two plugs at the front of the engine under the intake.? With the drill
turning the oil pump we see a lot of oil flowing while looking into the oil
fill tube.? Is this the source of my low oil pressure problem?? Thought I
would ask the experts before I pull the intake and have to buy a new gasket.
The total run time for the engine so far was less than 5 minutes.? Do you
think I could have damaged anything?
If it is those plugs that I need to fill, does anyone know what size they
are?
Thanks for you help!
Greg DePratt
68 Javelin SST



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Street Car School of Hard Knocks Greg !

If you don't already have one of the excellent Books on Building an AMC Engine,
ask around on the List and the Bulltear.com/forum for recommendations.

These make great reading so reading it twice will double the fun.

Pull the Dead 343, re_install it on the Engine Stand & perform a Documented
Tear down.

Have an Autopsy Table cleared to place parts in an organized array as they
are removed - inspected  &  photographed.

Organize and tag each bolt as to which hole it came out of & check them
for bottoming, clean threads etc.

Take the Engine down to bare block & compare against reference
material - Books on AMC Engines - and input from this List and www.bulltear.com/forum.

Ask .    

As anyone who's rebuilt an AMC Engine will tell you - 'you can't build them
like a Chevy'.


That the 343 didn't grenade after 5 minutes without Oil Pressure 
tells me it'll grenade on the Street if you just address the
Oiling problem only.

If it were me, after curing the Oiling Issue, I would replace the Bearings & inspect the camshaft for spidering or scoring of lobe surface / lifter base surfaces & replace at the slightest hint
of question ability......... cam kits with new lifters are cheap insurance.


Read up on the bulltear.com/forum on AMC OIl Pumps - lots of fun there for sure!




milnersXcoupe
1981 series50



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