Ace77

Well, it's finally payback time. 5 years of sucking this place dry, I finally came up with a reasonably good idea.

I'm getting close to firing up the engine, and had it on my list to source out an old distrib to fab up a pre-oiler. I don't have the time to even FIND a junkyard. Even then, I wasn't looking forward to grinding off the gears, and hooking up to a drill somehow. Besides, a few people have posted how they burned out their drill.

I came up with the following :

1. Grab one of your foreign-made 3/4 sockets, tall style preferred.
2. Find a spare washer that will fit across the points of the socket.
I happened to have one that was for a 3/8" bolt, and was 7/8" OD.
3. Hammer the washer into the socket. It's not going anywhere.
4. Stick on the longest entension bar you have onto the socket,
make sure it's a nice tight fit.
5. Carefully dunk the socket into the distrib opening and down to
the oil pump shaft, rotate gently to engage the washer in the
slot of the shaft.
6. Hook up your drill (with adapter) or air wrench and have at it!



Worked like a charm, and I even pulled the washer out after I was done. Free!

The socket fits right into the hole for the oil pump shaft, so it can't get lost in operation. Only risk is in guiding it down or raising it up.

Yes, the bar might come off the socket, but the bar won't fall in, because it's too long.
Yes, the socket might tumble down into the lifter valley, but you can probably kick it around with the bar and jam it back on to pull it out.

Hey, waddaya want for nuthin'?

74FLCONV

With my luck, the washer would fall out...

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

LiveandLetDrive

Good idea. If you had a spare extension and the socket is expendable, you could weld the two together so there's no risk of loss. How about a socket that is smaller so as to surround the oil pump drive, and have the washer deeper in the socket? That way it is easier to keep it on there. Your way is probably perfectly fine though, after all, how often are you going to be doing this anyway?

Great tech tip

-Chris

randy814u

I took the handle off a real long screwdriver I never use, stuck it through a socket I never use, ( had to drill a bit in the socket to make it fit) socket fits over shaft, and driver fits the notch. chucked it in the high speed drill, worked great.

comp

i took the gear off a old Dist. also the gut's
used for long time ..then got one that had been cut down, eaier to fit in tool box

Twin_Turbo

This way the pump will be driven but the lack of a collar where the distributor is in it's hole will be a giant oil leak, oil will not go to the top end

Ace77

I ran it last night, I guess my socket is wide/tall enough that it blocked off most of the hole. I did get oil through the rockers.

lps&vettes

True statement. With no collar you will get good readings on your gage but no oil to the top end.

SteveG75

Absolutely, you need the collar to get oil to both lifter galleries prior to start. No collar is just asking for cam break-in problems.

comp

some don't care or worry

MotorHead

YOu will get oil to the drivers side rockers the distributor fills the gap on the passenger side oil galley, cam breakin will be fine, pour some oil over the passenger side rockers if you are worried about it.

desi

When I did the cam last year, just poured oil over the rockers on both sides. Cam broke in fine. No issues.

JoeRags

My engine builder let me borrow his oiler when I got the new motor, it was pretty nice... A pneumatic setup. It consisted of a small tank that holds about 4.5 quarts of oil. Looks like a mini propane tank. three fittings on top, one for a feed line equiped with a bottom feed line in the tank, one for a pressure gauge, and the third for an air compressor fitting. Open it up, fill it with oil, close, close the valve in the line, hook other end of hose to the oil pressure gauge fitting behind the distributor, and pump up the tank with about 45 lbs of pressure. Open the valve and keep the compressor hooked up. Give it a min, and it pumps those 4.5 quarts through the whole motor. Top off the oil pan and your ready to fire. Worked like a charm. No burning out whimpy drills, and no other special tools necessary.

Joe

codestar7

Dare I say....trick?