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| | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 | I opened up the 216 I obtained for my '46 to clean out the sludge and it's cleaning up nicely. One little problem...the screen on the oil pump has a few holes. Not huge, just the little squares turning into little rectangles. And just a few of them.
The question: can I use it like that, or should I track down another one? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,748 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,748 | Where are those little "lost" pieces going? Maybe right through the pump and into the bearings? I'd suggest fabricating a new strainer screen of some type. I've had pretty good luck using pierced sheet metal that's available on Ebay with small round holes, maybe 1/16" diameter or so, and forming/silver soldering it into a strainer.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,321 | This may be of assistance when you reassemble your pump. Harold Oil Pump Exploded View
Harold
Is a restoration ever finished? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,271 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,271 | I opened up the 216 I obtained for my '46 to clean out the sludge and it's cleaning up nicely. One little problem...the screen on the oil pump has a few holes. Not huge, just the little squares turning into little rectangles. And just a few of them.
The question: can I use it like that, or should I track down another one? Are there breaks in the wire, or are the gaps just different in shape?
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 | 52Carl, it looks like breaks in the wire. I took it off to clean because it was caked with sludge. It was a running engine that was pulled out of the truck and still warm when I hauled it home, but I know it will work harder than it has in a long time when I get it in my truck so I want to do this right. I will check the screen in my old engine to see if it is in better shape. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 201 | The inside of my 235 looks beautiful. Except for the #4 rod bearing and crank journal. I used the screen out of that one because it looks like new. | | |
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