I am at my wits end.

[66 Dartman]

Good news Jack!!

 

[moper]

I did take it apart. There was nothing wrong with it. Here is what I figured happened, the ARP bolt was causing the oil pump to be misaligned, this in turn put a sideways force on the intermediate shaft. It was weakened to the point that once it was turning the pump properly and pumping oil it snapped part way down in the pump drive. That is why I had oil pressure at first, as the shaft continued to spin it got worse and worse until finally I had to shut the engine down with only 10 psi of pressure. Everything seems good now.

Jack

x3.

 

[73SwingerBuild]

Just stumbled on this thread and read through the entire thing.

Very good information presented here, adding to the knowledge base of everybody reading through it.

It's great to see all of the members that are always ready to offer suggestions and help diagnose a problem. And even better to see resolution to the problem at hand.

Definitely keeping this one bookmarked for future reference.