1964 Oil Pump Installation

[tharry8]

Need some help. My son and I needed to replace the gasket on the oil pan (was leaking). To drop the pan you have to unbolt the oil pump. That was easy...

How do you reinstall the oil pump? The repair manual says to place pump in pan, and raise pan up and rest on the cross member (cross member is in way, so cannot lift pan straight up, that is why the oil pump had to be removed). Somehow we are supposed to install the pump drive shaft into the oil pump and into the distributor shaft hex opening. There is only a couple of inches (maybe 2) to manipulate it. There must be a technique for this.

Appreciate any help.

 

[tbird5866]

Lift the pan up in the reverse order that you took it down. Was the cross member in the way when you took it down? The manual is telling you the correct way to do it..

 

[tharry8]

Thanks Harley.

The difficulty I am having is getting the intermediate shaft installed between the pump and distributor. Where it goes into the distributor is about 5" up, and I cannot get it into the hole. I was thinking about installing the pump without the shaft. Then removing the distributor and installing the shaft from the top. Not sure about that either.

 

[phjohnso]

sounds like it is called finesse. If it came out then it will go back in the same way. this is one of those things that I would over analyze and make more complicated than it had to be...

 

[rw_removed]

loosen the distributor

Try loosening the distributor. Once you get the shaft and oil pump in and the pan on then you can work on getting the distributor onto the shaft from up top. If necessary, remove the distributor. Beats working from underneath the car to get in.