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Posted by IKE (Member # 435) on
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I completely lost oil press. I heard it tick a little then I shut it off in a hurry!!! What the hell happened ??? I guess i snapped my oil input shaft maybe or my oil pump gave out!!! Do you guys think I hurt anything ???? It did not tick very loud or anything....
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Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on
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Ouch! Dude- you have surely pissed of the Horse Power Gods in light of your recent "successes". Any idea how long you were w/out pressure? The only sure way to know is to pull a bearing cap and rod cap and check those bearings. The oil pump drive shaft breaking is common- especially after modifications that increase power. I have done that myself. Saw it happen on the gauge and shut it down- still replaced the bearings and polished the crank one at a time. Much easier to do on a '65 than on a 5.0 'Stang. Good Luck!ps- you can pull the oil filter- take it to California Street Machine and have Lance cut it open and look at it. He will tell you straight. Tell him I sent you.
JL
[ March 23, 2002: Message edited by: FasterDamnit ]
Posted by IKE (Member # 435) on
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I shut it off as soon as I seen no oil press... I heard a little ticking I think... I guess i will do some calling around for a oil pump tommarrow!!!!
Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on
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If you are going to crack the pan to do the pump at least remove one bearing cap and see what the bearing looks like.JL
Posted by IKE (Member # 435) on
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will do THANX JIM
Posted by IKE (Member # 435) on
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WOOOO HOOO I got both of the things done Fuel pump/ high flow oil pump changed.... Total of 13 hours to do them both!!!!! I droped the rack and pinion to change the oil pump exc worked like a charm!!!! Me and a guy from my work did it.... Cruise here I come!!!!
Posted by bunchmyfunky (Member # 360) on
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Ike, Glad to see everything is all right with the car. Do you want to meet somewhere Saturday and drive down to the cruise.
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on
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Sweet, so what happened? Shaft broke? Pump siezed?
Posted by IKE (Member # 435) on
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Pump seized causing the shaft to twist then snap into 2 pieces!!!! Hey Mark that would be cool !!! Let me know what time you want to meet!!!!
Posted by 66 InjectedCobra (Member # 819) on
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Glad to see your car is alright. I have had enough problems to last a life time, so I hate seeing others W/problems. I used a FMS "Ford Motor Sport" high volume pump and it workrd out well. What pump did you use?
Hey don't hate on AOD cars ![[worship]](graemlins/worship.gif)
If people would actually build them rite then they would not have all these problems. Mine has been great to me. I give it over 500hp every day too 
Posted by st5150 (Member # 51) on
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Talk about a streak of bad luck you've been having with your car. Did you get a high pressure or high volume pump? Did you get a hardened shaft? Both of those pumps actually strain the shaft even more than the stock pump since they take more energy to turn.
Posted by IKE (Member # 435) on
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I used a high volume pump... Oil press is really good im at 50 at idle!!! I used the shaft that come with the pump I think its called milden I think its the best pump i could get on short notice
Posted by 88gt (Member # 579) on
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Originally posted by IKE:
Oil press is really good im at 50 at idle!!!
what should oil pressure be with a stock pump at idle?