I am having problems with oil pressure, I have none.  I have a 1958 292 with a rotor pump,i rebuilt the pump and still had nothing, I snaked the oil passages with a cable and bought a Melling M42 gear style pump and it will not bolt up correctly.  Does anyone know what pumps will work, which is better rotor or gear, Why are rotor pumps so hard to find.  Any info would be great!

  Thanks in advance

       John

Can you tell us how you know that you have NO OIL PRESSURE. Lite, oil pressure gauge or watching oil flow at rockets? If you are trying to pressurize by turning the oil pump drive shaft which direction are you turning it? If you run the engine and truely have No oil pressure as opposed to very low oil pressure it is not the oil pump. Drive or bad pick up.

As for as I know the Melling gear pump is the only one that is available now. Precision Pumps offers a blueprinted pump that shows up on ebay occasionally. Rebuild kits are still out there for the rotor pump, but are hard too find. As stated above if you are turning the pump by hand or with a drill, remember it rotates counter clockwise. If you are running the engine, it sounds like a drive problem.

Glen Henderson



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What I did on my engine I took out the distributor and I put a long quarter inch extension with a socket in the distributor hole and turned the extension counter clock wise with a electric drill and I was able to pressurize the system before I started the rebuilt engine. Maybe your hole in your  distributor shaft is worn and it can't spin the pump shaft

I was checking pressure with a gauge and could see a small amount of oil coming up the hose but it never made it past the fire wall, also ran the engine with the valve covers off and could not see anything there. I replaced the oil inlet tube because it was damaged while putting in the engine. I did also buy a new hex drive shaft for it to be on the safe side.

What about the sealed power pump part #22441123?

If your engine has lots of miles behind it, worn crank bearings could be the reason or damaged center camshaft bearing. Too much play in bearings and it can´t build pressure. I have had these problems in couple of engines, in y-blocks and small block fords. I have now here one y-block which crank is going to machine shop for just that same reason. In that crank the tolerances is just in outer limit with main and connecting rod bearings, but it don´t build enough pressure to get oil to heads and oil pressure gauge says nothing.

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Hi, sounds like you have checked most things, have you rechecked the rubber seal on the pickup tube behind the large oil pump nut, it could be sucking air and not allowing oil to be picked up by pump? Good luck, regards aussiebill.

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Here's a new Elgin brand oil pump on Ebay right now.  $51.95 with free shipping!

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John: You say the Melling's pump won' t bolt up? I'm not familiar with that model number, but if it's a Ford/Merc Y pump, it should fit. So ?. If you have a complete lack of pressure, whether or not to use a Gear or Roter style pump is not really relevant. Something else is wrong with your engine. Along with the other checks already mentioned, could the bottom of the distributor drive or drive rod be stripped? Also, do not run the engine until you are fairly certain you have solved the problem, or you will have more headaches to deal with..

Paul

Have you tried turning the oil pump shaft with the distributor out? I think a 1/4" deepwall socket and long extension will do it. I use a cordless drill for mine. Make sure you turn the same direction as the distributor. If the oil pressure comes up then you need to pull the pump and check the oil pump rod for damage or length. I understand there are two lengths of rods out there and a short one in the wrong place dosen't work. Chuck in NH

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