[Amc-list] full flow oil pump in a 61-63 American... will probably work with mods

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Joe sent me his extra later-American 195.6 oil pump, one with the full-flow 
oil filter on it.

As it is, it will of course not fit, as the filter and probably the adapter 
itself will hit suspension parts.

However, if you don't mind a modification it will work just fine. The 
adapter bolts onto the side of the pump, sticking upwards. Under the 
adapter, in the pump body, are two ports, filter in and out, that feed the 
filter adapter.

Those holes are about .44" diameter on a flat face -- they can simply be 
drilled and tapped for flex braid hose and a remote adapter, probably get 
all the parts reasonably cheap from Summit etc. The holes are nearly an 
inch deep before they get near the gears, so there's plenty of meat for the 
threads. You could do it all on a small drill press. The pump body is cast 
iron.

There is zero clearance problem with hoses sticking off the side of the 
pump, and plenty of places to put the oil filter.

The full-flow pump has the relief valve in the pump cover, but it doesn't 
cause a clearance problem. Overall height of the pumps is about the same.

I don't have a partial-flow-filter pump or a block to check, that would be 
the final test, but if the pump is known to be block-compatible it sure 
looks like a win.
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