oil pump driveshaft - Page 2

86GTPONY · 04-29-2009, 03:20 PM

You can see the oil pump pickup tube - if you got long fingers, you can do it. Or just make it easy and get an ARP shaft.

Italian LX · 04-29-2009, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by QWKSNKE

unless I am senile, you can't see that stuff with the timing cover off.

(reference Italian's pic from another thread)

That's because the pump is not shown in that picture.

If the pump were installed, then you would see the driveshaft hanging down to the right of the main cap going into the pump.

86GTPONY · 04-29-2009, 03:32 PM

Thanks Brian - I know it can be done, because I did it... but it was a real big pain. That's why I suggest the ARP shaft - it's a "no brainer!" It might just be easier to pull the motor anyway becuase if there are issues, you're gonna have to anyway.

SlowJoe · 04-29-2009, 04:12 PM

how much was it ran with out the oil pump?

tayzoid1 · 04-29-2009, 04:43 PM

like 50 or 60 yards i work less than a mile away from my house and it broke right in the middle on my way home and i jiust drove it home and then all the lifters went soft

tayzoid1 · 04-29-2009, 04:44 PM

what makes the arp shaft so much eisier to install than the factory?

QWKSNKE · 04-29-2009, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Italian LX

That's because the pump is not shown in that picture.

If the pump were installed, then you would see the driveshaft hanging down to the right of the main cap going into the pump.

I know the damn pump is not in that pic. My point was the shaft is hidden behind that wall of material

86GTPONY · 04-29-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tayzoid1

what makes the arp shaft so much eisier to install than the factory?

The ARP shaft WILL go down that hole. It does not use the sliding retainer ring that the stock shaft has. It goes in & that's it. I put some bearing grease on the end that goes into the distributor to kinda hold it in place while I dropped it in.

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Originally Posted by QWKSNKE

I know the damn pump is not in that pic. My point was the shaft is hidden behind that wall of material

True, but there is some exposure to the shaft just behind the right side of the front main cap that you can actually get your fingers in to guide it if needed.

tayzoid1 · 04-30-2009, 12:16 AM

i knocked the retaining clip off of the shaft my problem was that i dont have any way of lowring it all the way into the hole all of my tools are too big to drop the shaft all the way down

86GTPONY · 04-30-2009, 06:05 AM

Just get a junk yard dizzy & knock the gear off of it... Then (because you have no retaining ring on the shaft) put some permatex on the driveshaft and let it cure in the distributor. When you set it in, see if it spins. Just make sure it's not too far in, otherwise you might not make contact with the pump.

04-29-2009, 03:20 PM	#11
86GTPONY Gone but not forgotten Join Date: May 2008 Location: 4/08/2013. Went to the man upstairs. RIP Posts: 955	You can see the oil pump pickup tube - if you got long fingers, you can do it. Or just make it easy and get an ARP shaft. __________________ *-Don* 86GT (sleeping in the garage for now) 87 T-bird Turbo Coupe (daily driver) 87 Ranger ($100 work truck) Meat is murder!... Tasty, tasty murder.

04-29-2009, 03:32 PM	#13
86GTPONY Gone but not forgotten Join Date: May 2008 Location: 4/08/2013. Went to the man upstairs. RIP Posts: 955	Thanks Brian - I know it can be done, because I did it... but it was a real big pain. That's why I suggest the ARP shaft - it's a "no brainer!" It might just be easier to pull the motor anyway becuase if there are issues, you're gonna have to anyway. __________________ *-Don* 86GT (sleeping in the garage for now) 87 T-bird Turbo Coupe (daily driver) 87 Ranger ($100 work truck) Meat is murder!... Tasty, tasty murder.

04-29-2009, 04:12 PM	#14
SlowJoe Mind Blowing Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dawsonville Ga Posts: 3,913	how much was it ran with out the oil pump? __________________ Slow Joe Racing 2008 dodge ram 5.7 HEMI 1993 lx with a 289 and a 3 speed on the floor WTB 1955 t-bird project

04-29-2009, 04:43 PM	#15
tayzoid1 5.slo stanger Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: oxford alabama Posts: 735	like 50 or 60 yards i work less than a mile away from my house and it broke right in the middle on my way home and i jiust drove it home and then all the lifters went soft __________________ no mustangs anymore but i do have a 1jz swapped 83 supra

04-29-2009, 04:44 PM	#16
tayzoid1 5.slo stanger Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: oxford alabama Posts: 735	what makes the arp shaft so much eisier to install than the factory? __________________ no mustangs anymore but i do have a 1jz swapped 83 supra

04-30-2009, 12:16 AM	#19
tayzoid1 5.slo stanger Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: oxford alabama Posts: 735	i knocked the retaining clip off of the shaft my problem was that i dont have any way of lowring it all the way into the hole all of my tools are too big to drop the shaft all the way down __________________ no mustangs anymore but i do have a 1jz swapped 83 supra

04-30-2009, 06:05 AM	#20
86GTPONY Gone but not forgotten Join Date: May 2008 Location: 4/08/2013. Went to the man upstairs. RIP Posts: 955	Just get a junk yard dizzy & knock the gear off of it... Then (because you have no retaining ring on the shaft) put some permatex on the driveshaft and let it cure in the distributor. When you set it in, see if it spins. Just make sure it's not too far in, otherwise you might not make contact with the pump. __________________ *-Don* 86GT (sleeping in the garage for now) 87 T-bird Turbo Coupe (daily driver) 87 Ranger ($100 work truck) Meat is murder!... Tasty, tasty murder.