RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Fw: Oil Pressure issues

Just one question no one has mentioned that I read-you did replace or clean the oil pickup screen? I always remove the screen and clean the pickup and reinstall the screen if I dont have a new one handy. I missed this once back in the 70s and had to pull the engine back out of my AMX after a rebuild.It looked clean on the outside but was full of chunks from those old orange colored valve seals on the inside.

--- On Fri, 11/26/10, LarryS <vision1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: LarryS <vision1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Fw: Oil Pressure issues
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, November 26, 2010, 6:29 PM

I wonder if a dollar bill is still made of EXACTLY the same stuff it was back then?

I know coins aren't. I don't know about bills.

Personally, I'd kinda want something a bit more "verifyable", y'know? Ok, hey, I'm sure the trick worked. I don't doubt it. But I'd hate to have to track down a "series 1963" note to be certain of it, is all.

;-)

Larry

From: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Billy Strength
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 11:15 AM
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Fw: Oil Pressure issues

If you have the pan off, tear a corner off of a dollar bill about the size of your thumbnail and remove the main bearing cap and put the corner of the bill between the main bearing and crankshaft and torque the cap to the correct pounds and see if the engine will turn by hand. do not use starter, if it turns then the mains are not correct. If it does not turn by hand then the mains should correct. I learned this from true old school real mechanic.

Billy