Newbie to the forums here. Came onboard trying to see if I have a problem, or if I am obsessing over a non-problem. Little background: I have a '50 model 3100 with the 216 that I had rebuilt several years back. At the time it was rebuilt, I had the rods changed out to insert rods to get away from the babbit rods. I assumed (there's that word again!) that doing that would require a higher pressure oil pump. I also installed a new 0-60 pressure gauge in the original cluster, thinking the rebuilder had installed said higher pressure pump. As life has a way of doing, it got in the way of continuing to get the truck up and running, as my late wife went into decline and passed away. Recently, at the urging of the lady to whom I am now married, the project got restarted. We got the engine all set up, cranked it up, and found that on the 0-60 gauge, there is little movement when the engine is running. I have checked & there is oiling taking place at the rockers (basically just weeping), and I have checked the pressure line to the gauge and found it to be open. I pulled the line from the block, cranked the engine over and found the pump to be pumping. My main concern is this: will the low pressure pump from the babbit rod days provide enough pressure/flow to provide sufficient oiling to the inserts to prevent galling them? I've checked with two reputable engine rebuild shops in the local area, both of which tell me that a higher pressure pump for the 216 is not available, and that in their opinion, the low pressure pump should be sufficient. What say those who are wiser in the ways of the Stovebolt
