1958 Dodge
I could not get the distributor to budge one bit, not up, not left, not right.
Cleaned up all around it, sprayed it with penetrating stuff and let it sit overnight.
Today, still wouldn't budge, pry bar, nothing.
Put the plugs in it, battery, and after a few attempts it fired up!
I brought up the rpms a few times, hoping to get some oil moving, but shut it down quickly.
Valve cover was off, no oil up top.
Tried to get the distributor off again and it popped right off.
Pulled the cam gear, used a big extendable magnet, had to work it up and down to break the suction of some sludge, I think.
I had to make a primer rod as the one I have did not fit the oil pump.
Electric drill on it forever, began to see a trickle of oil dripping off the ends at the green arrows, and eventually coming out of the holes at the red arrows dripping down onto the lower springs.
No oil on the upper springs, or coming out of the upper shaft holes, blue arrow.
I noticed oil pooling above the oil pump hole at the rear of the cam, the hole the priming rod was going through to the oil pump.
I tried turning the crank and priming but no change. I'm thinking there should be more oil coming through the shaft, and ideally flowing down the springs, upper and lower.
I don't know the path the oil takes, but I'm thinking I'll pull the oil filter, big can filter, and replace it as I found a new one in the trunk. Then prime it again.
If that fails, I'll pull the intake, the valley pan, both valve covers, and oil everything.
Then start it and see if some heat will get it flowing.
Car sat for 32 years, guy never did anything to it, never tried to start it.
The oil in it is clean, not black at all.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I could not get the distributor to budge one bit, not up, not left, not right.
Cleaned up all around it, sprayed it with penetrating stuff and let it sit overnight.
Today, still wouldn't budge, pry bar, nothing.
Put the plugs in it, battery, and after a few attempts it fired up!
I brought up the rpms a few times, hoping to get some oil moving, but shut it down quickly.
Valve cover was off, no oil up top.
Tried to get the distributor off again and it popped right off.
Pulled the cam gear, used a big extendable magnet, had to work it up and down to break the suction of some sludge, I think.
I had to make a primer rod as the one I have did not fit the oil pump.
Electric drill on it forever, began to see a trickle of oil dripping off the ends at the green arrows, and eventually coming out of the holes at the red arrows dripping down onto the lower springs.
No oil on the upper springs, or coming out of the upper shaft holes, blue arrow.
I noticed oil pooling above the oil pump hole at the rear of the cam, the hole the priming rod was going through to the oil pump.
I tried turning the crank and priming but no change. I'm thinking there should be more oil coming through the shaft, and ideally flowing down the springs, upper and lower.
I don't know the path the oil takes, but I'm thinking I'll pull the oil filter, big can filter, and replace it as I found a new one in the trunk. Then prime it again.
If that fails, I'll pull the intake, the valley pan, both valve covers, and oil everything.
Then start it and see if some heat will get it flowing.
Car sat for 32 years, guy never did anything to it, never tried to start it.
The oil in it is clean, not black at all.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.