Stuck distributor gear 318la
So for anyone following this, the wife went out for some shopping therapy so I went to the garage, lol, I tried cranking the engine with a full filter as suggested but still no oil pressure so i decided to pull the oil pan and found my issue. It seems the dumbass ( that's me ) that swapped the sump and oil pan didn't engage the oil pump boss in the block properly soooo....it wasn't making pressure also I think thats why I couldn't pull the gear cause it was jammed, so after sorting that out, I was able to now remove the oil pump to distributor drive gear and insert a priming shaft, I squeezed the trigger on the small 1/2 cordless drill I used and even though I had not re-installed the pan yet with oil there was just enough in the system to pump up through the sender hole So....once I re-install the pan next week with the fresh gasket I ordered today I should be able to prime the system and read pressure. Thanks for all the suggestions as always! BTW I also pulled a rod bearing cap just to check nothing got damaged during cranking and all looks good. Pictures attached for reference in case anyone else runs into this.
So for anyone following this, the wife went out for some shopping therapy so I went to the garage, lol, I tried cranking the engine with a full filter as suggested but still no oil pressure so i decided to pull the oil pan and found my issue. It seems the dumbass ( that's me ) that swapped the sump and oil pan didn't engage the oil pump boss in the block properly soooo....it wasn't making pressure also I think thats why I couldn't pull the gear cause it was jammed, so after sorting that out, I was able to now remove the oil pump to distributor drive gear and insert a priming shaft, I squeezed the trigger on the small 1/2 cordless drill I used and even though I had not re-installed the pan yet with oil there was just enough in the system to pump up through the sender hole So....once I re-install the pan next week with the fresh gasket I ordered today I should be able to prime the system and read pressure. Thanks for all the suggestions as always! BTW I also pulled a rod bearing cap just to check nothing got damaged during cranking and all looks good. Pictures attached for reference in case anyone else runs into this.