67 cuda FB progress UPDATE
After it was successfully removed I inserted the tool I made to prime the engine and get the oil pressure up and flowing thru the engine. The problem now is that the oil pump won't spin again!!!!!!!!!!! Aaargh!!!
Guess what now? yes, you got it. the oil must be drained and the pan removed. well, I only had one clean, virgin bucket to drain the expensive break-in oil into and it has to balance on the 2 inch wide engine stand leg. Yes it got bumped and yes, I ended up wearing $85.00's worth of high end break-in oil. what a day, and I still haven't gotten the oil pump back off the engine again to find out what the issue is. After an hour of cleaning up my huge oil mess and feeling pretty lubed myself, I got the oil pump back off. I thought that maybe the pump was maybe not on perfectly flat and was binding up when trying to spin it but it wasn't matted up crooked at all. I bench primed it again and it did finally begin to spin free and easy again so back on the engine it went, I got it all back together and installed in the car. bell housing bolted up, flex plate bolted up correctly an I realize yet gain, that I have yet to prime the engine. So, I get out my trusty hand made priming rod tool, insert it into the engine and it would not spin again.
Out comes the engine once again. needless to say, that oil pump is not to be trusted and it was exchanged for another one the next day. I finally got it back together, three oil pan gaskets later and a lot of lost break in oil, but by this time I am a pro at it. The first time trying to prime the engine it worked like a charm. so good in fact, it shot oil about 15 feet into the air thru the oil pressure sending unit hole which I neglected to block off and about 30 feet back, directly onto my brother standing there minding his own business. I couldn't stop laughing for about half an our. it literally hit him dead center in the forhead down his face and all the way down his legs. he says "well, you have good oil pressure". That was so funny I nearly pissed myself. After the good laugh, we got the engine installed, wired and plumbed. I have to say, it looks amazing.
After it was successfully removed I inserted the tool I made to prime the engine and get the oil pressure up and flowing thru the engine. The problem now is that the oil pump won't spin again!!!!!!!!!!! Aaargh!!!
Guess what now? yes, you got it. the oil must be drained and the pan removed. well, I only had one clean, virgin bucket to drain the expensive break-in oil into and it has to balance on the 2 inch wide engine stand leg. Yes it got bumped and yes, I ended up wearing $85.00's worth of high end break-in oil. what a day, and I still haven't gotten the oil pump back off the engine again to find out what the issue is. After an hour of cleaning up my huge oil mess and feeling pretty lubed myself, I got the oil pump back off. I thought that maybe the pump was maybe not on perfectly flat and was binding up when trying to spin it but it wasn't matted up crooked at all. I bench primed it again and it did finally begin to spin free and easy again so back on the engine it went, I got it all back together and installed in the car. bell housing bolted up, flex plate bolted up correctly an I realize yet gain, that I have yet to prime the engine. So, I get out my trusty hand made priming rod tool, insert it into the engine and it would not spin again.
Out comes the engine once again. needless to say, that oil pump is not to be trusted and it was exchanged for another one the next day. I finally got it back together, three oil pan gaskets later and a lot of lost break in oil, but by this time I am a pro at it. The first time trying to prime the engine it worked like a charm. so good in fact, it shot oil about 15 feet into the air thru the oil pressure sending unit hole which I neglected to block off and about 30 feet back, directly onto my brother standing there minding his own business. I couldn't stop laughing for about half an our. it literally hit him dead center in the forhead down his face and all the way down his legs. he says "well, you have good oil pressure". That was so funny I nearly pissed myself. After the good laugh, we got the engine installed, wired and plumbed. I have to say, it looks amazing.