oil pump failed

Krooser said
My buddy ran over the infield berm and smashed the bottom of the oil pan on the 351-C in our dirt car. I didnt have a working oil pressure guage in the car that night...ran a 25 lap feature on a 1/4 mile track.

After we installed the new op gauge we saw a big zero on the gauge...found the oil pump laying in the pan... reused the bearings...light scuffing on the pistons. Ran the engine another season and a half with no issues.

You may have similar results.

fingers crossed! Im grasping at any glimmer of hope ...

Divenut; I think this is what im looking at too. RRR; I failed to trust my old gauge.

pittsburghracer said
How about giving us a measurement from the bottom of the oil pump drive gear to the end of the shaft.

I think I get where you are going, but im having a hard time figuring out how to precisely measure that distance. Let me ask you this? Are the two radii (cam gear and shaft gear) supposed to meet exactly at their widest points? Mine was more difficult to remove this time. It was slightly below the apex of the cam gear radius. My priming tool extends down 11 11/16" from the top of the block down into the pump.