dead in the water (again!)

stevechaos13 · Post by **stevechaos13** » March 31, 2009, 10:13 am

Yeah, everything below the aluminum portion of the shaft is gone.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » March 31, 2009, 12:06 pm

did you get a new stir stick for your drinks?

slightest speck of dirt stuck in oil pump impeller caused these, dizzy gears did not come off or break.

broken one is from an FE. the really twisted one my wife did, came out of a 1980 302. oil light came on right as she turned into our yard, shut it off right away.it lived to run another day. (after i threw all the efi and sensors etc. away and fixed it with some early 70s 302 parts.)

stevechaos13 · Post by **stevechaos13** » March 31, 2009, 12:37 pm

Wow ICEMAN
that's nuts.
So, this isn't just a dizzy problem then. I was figuring that I was going to have to pull my engine out anyways.
If you all will remember the reason that I put this dizzy in was due to a malfunction with my old unit. The points were very loose inside the cap, and the PO had used a screw to shim them against the side. Is it possible that one of the screws that was supposed to be holding them down in fact fell down inside the engine and finally jammed up the oil pump causing this? And beyond that, then why the fuel leak?

robert porterfield · Post by **robert porterfield** » March 31, 2009, 3:54 pm

what kind of oil pressure does that engine run.......in the pasy i have had engines run up enough that after little while they would twist off the pin........also these engines had "little cam" in them so lifters also reqired little more oil psi......may be nothing more however if your dist. is "tore-up" then there is another issue.....another thing i have seen happen with this subject.........some times when valve guide seals start to detiorate they will break up small enough for oil pump screen to let them by but hard enough to "stop" the pump and cause this issue.......just my o2

stevechaos13 · Post by **stevechaos13** » April 1, 2009, 8:27 am

Well, I dug the gear out last night. It's not damaged or worn a bit. It looks like the shaft just snapped. There isn't even any sign of torsion to it. it's a clean break. But, it also looks like the shaft is fused at the point where it broke. I'll try to get a picture up in a little while.

Jonas · Post by **Jonas** » April 1, 2009, 9:55 am

You might be able to pull the oilpan by just jacking the engine up. I did my 67 with the 429 that way. I maynot have been able to get the pan all the way out. But could drop it to get to the oilpump and to see what was in my oil pan. If you go this way make sure support the engine good while it is up. You don't want to have it drop on you hands.

I found a timing chain and the arm off the fuel pump in my pan.