OK. Done, I hope. Put the full flow filtration back in the car. I suppose it's *possible* that the oil exiting the cover, and not the pump base, could have some weird side effect, but it seems unlikely at this point. Time will tell, as it always does. But it's quite satisfyingly robust now. The whole modification is quite easy. * Custom cover with outlet * blockoff plate made from 18 or 20 gauge steel (just copy the base gasket, minus the outlet hole) * remote filter kit (pitch the screw on part) * 1/4" NPT to 1/2" flare adapter * two premade hoses * three socket-head bolts * Wix 1374 filter Chalk the rest of it up to "research". In hindsight the teflon/stainless braid hoses are obvious. All the crazy relief valve problems and the on-the-road failure were from needlessly "blueprinting" the pump. I have a dead stock pump in there now with the above parts. I put a thin coat of Right Stuff on both sides of the blockoff plate that replaced the gasket. Cut a top gasket from 1/64" paper, Right Stuff there too. I forgot to take a picture of the blockoff plate but I'll update the oil pump page shortly. I think it's a worthwhile and easy enough fix for any 195.6. You can do it with the engine in the car. Would be easy to make kits for this. Good place to add an oil cooler but honestly, it's hard to imagine this engine needing one. The oil temperature has never exceeded 190F (IR thermometer on the oil pump after an hour's drive). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100723/96a2a2d5/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com