Re: The 2015 Main Lap Prep
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:30 pm
I love these posts. It's like watching batting practice at a baseball game as a kid, anxiously awaiting the actual game while enjoying seeing behind the scenes.
Did you surface the oil pump cover since you have it off anyway?
I am discovering first hand the oil pressure of a new engine being higher than a mildly worn engine.
Robbie
Mike's old AutoStick bug engine thread was the only place on the internet I could find that mentioned how AutoStick oil pump studs need to be longer to fit the ATF pump housing extension. I actually had to behead my upper studs during assembly to get that tin piece to fit, then I beheaded the lower studs this weekend when I was uncomfortable with the .008" (!) of clearance they had to the engine support hanger. I did NOT have such an easy time getting the bar off. Hindsight says if 'yer gunna remove the muffler and the bar, do the muffler first.Amskeptic wrote:Had to take the crankshaft pulley off to get to it. Found out that the oil pump studs were still too long. Why were they too long? Uh oh . . . :
Did you surface the oil pump cover since you have it off anyway?
I am discovering first hand the oil pressure of a new engine being higher than a mildly worn engine.
Robbie