After much trials and tribulations, I did this successfully.
First, jack the car up, and put it on jackstands. You need all the room to slide around under the car that you can get. Then, remove all the bolts to the fan shroud. This ensure the fan can move freely, and is a lot simpler than removing the fan...
Drain oil. Remove distributor.
Next, you remove the 4 bolts that hold the engine mounts to the block. They are 5/8" heads. After this, attact an engine hoist to the motor (depending on your configuration, you may have to remove your upper intake/carb) and raise the motor up until the valve cover hits the wiper box. This will give you plenty of room to access all the bolts to the oilpan...
There are 4 1/2" head bolts, that hold the two front and two rear pan bolts on, and 7/16" head bolts for the rest. Remove all. Drop pan.
You will see, you have access to the complete oilpump. Also, if you have enough leverage, this would be a good time to remove those maincaps and have a look.
Since you have the pan off, Install a 1pc oilpan gasket. No exceptions!
Clean the pickup tube very well.
Replace the oilpump and driveshaft. This is where you make sure the driveshaft goes straight up through the hole, and will make the distributor turn. We used my makeshift oilpump primer that I made from an oil distrubutor, with lots of hammering and grinding :chainsaw:
After all that, make sure the distributor turns the oilpump, and if it does, you are good to go!
Reinstall pan, and drop the motor back down and bolt everything back up.
Now, refill with fresh oil and filter.
Prime the oilpump using the shaft tool. Put the drill in reverse so it spins counterclockwise. Pay attention to your oil pressure.
Now, reinstall yor distrubutor, and all other stuff you removed, and enjoy!
This took me and justin about two hours to do. I really cant verify that this will work on every car (like 351W cars) but this is what we did, and it works. Also, make sure you have another person operating the lift, and pulling the motor around, preferably someone you trust!
Enjoy!
First, jack the car up, and put it on jackstands. You need all the room to slide around under the car that you can get. Then, remove all the bolts to the fan shroud. This ensure the fan can move freely, and is a lot simpler than removing the fan...
Drain oil. Remove distributor.
Next, you remove the 4 bolts that hold the engine mounts to the block. They are 5/8" heads. After this, attact an engine hoist to the motor (depending on your configuration, you may have to remove your upper intake/carb) and raise the motor up until the valve cover hits the wiper box. This will give you plenty of room to access all the bolts to the oilpan...
There are 4 1/2" head bolts, that hold the two front and two rear pan bolts on, and 7/16" head bolts for the rest. Remove all. Drop pan.
You will see, you have access to the complete oilpump. Also, if you have enough leverage, this would be a good time to remove those maincaps and have a look.
Since you have the pan off, Install a 1pc oilpan gasket. No exceptions!
Clean the pickup tube very well.
Replace the oilpump and driveshaft. This is where you make sure the driveshaft goes straight up through the hole, and will make the distributor turn. We used my makeshift oilpump primer that I made from an oil distrubutor, with lots of hammering and grinding :chainsaw:
After all that, make sure the distributor turns the oilpump, and if it does, you are good to go!
Reinstall pan, and drop the motor back down and bolt everything back up.
Now, refill with fresh oil and filter.
Prime the oilpump using the shaft tool. Put the drill in reverse so it spins counterclockwise. Pay attention to your oil pressure.
Now, reinstall yor distrubutor, and all other stuff you removed, and enjoy!
This took me and justin about two hours to do. I really cant verify that this will work on every car (like 351W cars) but this is what we did, and it works. Also, make sure you have another person operating the lift, and pulling the motor around, preferably someone you trust!
Enjoy!
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