dklawson
Yoda
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I'm going through an internal exam of the donor 1500 that will be taking the place of the 1300 in my project '72 Spit.
The crank endfloat is measuring 0.008". I believe that's at the upper end of the limit. Can I slip new thrust washers in without pulling the crank? If so, is it possible to pin them or otherwise secure them without pulling the crank and where would I find information on that process?
The oil pump looks to be in better shape than I'd hoped. There is little to no scoring of the lobes or rotor and the pump endfloat is about probably about 0.003". The existing pump is an angled head type. I have a brand new straight body pump. I was considering putting the new pump in with the angled pickup head. Am I correct that there is no problem with that? On other cars I've had it was beneficial to have as little as 0.001" oil pump rotor endfloat. Is it worth removing a bit of the pump body height to minimize the pump endfloat before I install it?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Doug L.
The crank endfloat is measuring 0.008". I believe that's at the upper end of the limit. Can I slip new thrust washers in without pulling the crank? If so, is it possible to pin them or otherwise secure them without pulling the crank and where would I find information on that process?
The oil pump looks to be in better shape than I'd hoped. There is little to no scoring of the lobes or rotor and the pump endfloat is about probably about 0.003". The existing pump is an angled head type. I have a brand new straight body pump. I was considering putting the new pump in with the angled pickup head. Am I correct that there is no problem with that? On other cars I've had it was beneficial to have as little as 0.001" oil pump rotor endfloat. Is it worth removing a bit of the pump body height to minimize the pump endfloat before I install it?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Doug L.