Re: [AMC-list] Engine assembly

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

How about an electric oil pump driver - a drill with a 'modified' distributor.
Seems simpler than your 'kludge'. : )

Ken

Quoting tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> Hmm... I could rig up a one-time kludge even crapper than that :-) I don't
> have air in my shop, but a paint can, soldered in brake line, a shrader
> valve and a tire pump would do it. It only has to work once. Thanks for the
> tip! And thanks to Bruce for bringing this up again.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 15:17, Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > In either Car Craft or Hot Rod, they built a pre-lube bucket for use with
> a
> > late model engine with the same problem. I think the contraption was
> nothing
> > more that a 5 gallon bucket with oil in it, a hose and fitting to connect
> to
> > the engine, and a hole to stick the end of a blow gun into to pressurize
> it.
> > You could probably rig something up with a hand pump pressure sprayer like
> > you use to to spray various garden chemicals if nothing else.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On 2/9/2010 1:15 PM, tom jennings spouted this sage advice:
> > <snip>
> >
> >  set (about 10* BTDC), run it sans plugs until oil light blinks or oil
> >>>>>
> >>>> begins
> >>>>
> >>>>> weeping out the rockers ,
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>  I disagree here too!! No matter how short a time spinning the engine
> >>>
> >> without
> >>
> >>> oil pressure is a gamble!!
> >>>
> >>
> >> In Nate's defense, this was in response to me telling him that my engine,
> >> you cannot spin up the oil pump with a chopped distributor; it's gear
> >> driven
> >> right off the camshaft. Not having a pressure system for pre-oil I don't
> >> have a lot of choice.
> >>
> >
> >
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> > 1967 Rambler American wagon
> > 1968 Rambler American sedan
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