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Saskatchewan vs. Texas 110 deg in Traffic. Just saying. LOL

Factory pulley. There’s probably multiple diameters

Posting for info only and to help others. I've fought high temps on my 440 dart since day 1. I'm blowing it all apart and redoing everything regarding cooling. Water pump/housing, radiator, fans...all new. There's been lots of talk regarding casting on the 440source water pump housings...

Haha...you’ve seen how i treat my pan Not sure how much i need. It’s pretty tight down there. Picking up kid from school now, but I’ll get back at it shortly. I’m certain it’s gonna be super easy and lots of fun next project is going to be a skid plate...and maybe raise the car an inch

SOLVED....not fixed, but solved. So....beat the pan back, got a new pickup for peace of mind. Mounted the pickup FLUSH with bottom of pan. Buttoned it all up, filled with oil, filled filter with oil. Went to priming with the drill again. Got 38psi on the gauge. Fired it...no pressure...

Thanks everybody for the input. Yellowrose: I'm sold on the touching the pan thing. Thanks for taking the time to explain. With regards to you analogy with the water/wife/pan thing. I think she'd be uber pissed....as she's my ex. LOL

Again, thanks for the input. Educate me please: Why won't it pull oil if it's a little off the floor of the pan?? Frankly, there's conflicting information about where it needs to be. The little cutout on the pickup kinda looks like it does belong on the floor of the pan. You have any idea...

If a lifter popped out of a bore, I'd be inclined to think it's run like crap. Runs like a stalled dog when It has pressure and I can actually drive it. This problem has been on and off for a bit. Maybe the last 400 miles or so.

First...I appreciate everyones input. This is the first I've heard of the touching thing. But ya know...this is the only engine I've built, so it's theoretically possible I missed something. LOL I've read the 1/4-3/8 in various forums...this included. In shopping for a new pickup, I came...

Hey man....that's precision work. You know how much stuff I had to run into to get it down to .0000001" clearance?? LMAO

Everything I’ve read indicates 1/4-3/8” clearance??? Why touching?? I kinda feel like mine was touching the **** out of my pan after i smashed it

Seriously....did you have similar problems??

Thanks for the pic Dave. If my current plan yields no results, I'll do that. THANKS!!

All right...so here's where "I think" I'm at. 1. Pulling that damn oil pump is a last resort. It's smammered (new word) in between the K frame and the block. I had to cut a notch in the K frame for it to fit. 2. I feel like the pickup is good. 3. I beat the pan "precisely" back to...

You're the man Dave...that definitely helps me feel a little better about the pickup. But seriously....is there a damn Black hole in there?? LOL...wheres the light go!??

Done. Not a bit...even went in the bathroom with the lights off...not a peep of light coming through. That being said....I can blow through it super easy. Basically no restriction.

No man...noooooooo....that's gonna be a royal PIA to get out, LOL...pretty sure I'll have to lift or jack the motor

Thanks Dave....I'm definitely leaning towards that being the problem. What're you thoughts on the pickup tube no transmitting light through it?? Seems bizarre...even if there were some kinda baffles in there I can't see...you'd think the light would find a way through...FYI...this is a USED...

And LOOK AT THIS....I'm shining a bright Led flashlight into the inlet screen of the pickup....you'd think I'd see some light at the other end of the tube, right???

I'll take another look at it. BUT HERE'S THOUGHT...with pics. The pan was probably smashed 1/2 inch. Which in theory would of smashed the pickup right against the pan. If the avenue for oil to get sucked in was SUUUPER small, would it cause the pump to cavitate and starve??

Oh...I get it. You're referring to a crack in the pickup tube where it threads into the block. NONE that I can see. I've plugged the saucer shaped pickup with oily paper towels and sucked/blowed like an idiot....it seems intact.

Ehhhh...don't say that. When I had oil pressure it was really GOOD. Would it go from GOOD to zero...that quick?? I measured all bearing clearance with plastigage when I built it. My first build...so who knows.

Yeah Brian..it's a 440. The pickup screws into the block....from the bottom, right where the oil pump is located. It was tight as a **** when I pulled it out. You thinking sucking air through the threads where it screws in??

Do you mean a crack in the oil pump housing...where it bolts to the block??

Background: About 2K miles on 440 Build Driving in traffic oil pressure would randomly go to zero with an accompanied oil pressure light. I'd shut off immediately and restart. Almost always...it'd be fine again. Symptoms slowly progressed to the point where when I restarted it'd be kinda...

Anything worth doing....is worth doing twice. LOL

Brother I’ll take whatever you’re willing to take the time and box up. I know doing all that is kinda a pain...so just let me know. I’m in no rush. After painting it, I’m gonna drive it and enjoy for a.bit

Thanks!! It pretty close to a factory job I’ve seen.