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Jim Adney wrote:
> I can't imagine trying to turn over an engine from the dist drive gear.
> The gear ratio is working against you, and I doubt if those gears are
> strong enough for those kinds of stresses; it certainly wouldn't work
> on a VW. Just look at the mechanical advantage that a starter
> motor gets (drive pinion to flywheel ring gear.)
>
Opps, I didn't explain this well enough. It just turns the oil pump. The cam drives the
distributor which drives the oil pump. You take a junk distributor, strip off the gear
that the cam drives and then it will just turn the oil pump. The tool you buy is just a
rod with a slot and sleeve to keep it from falling off the pump shaft. which you turn
with the drill
|
|
| Tool
| | |
| |
| | pump shaft with slot
|===| Pump
I don't know if my ASCII art skills are any good but I hope that gets the idea across.
The goal is to turn the oil pump to pre-lube the engine before starting it for the
first time.
--
Richard Green
Lost in Texas with
Bluebonnets and Blue Bell Ice Cream
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