If your crank journals were out of round enough to
require a regrind, a rebuild was in your near future
anyway. Why weren't you using the Factory pickup
location, a SPOT, obstinence, or other???
Aloha
Peter O.
--- Doug Sinclair <dns@interlog.com> wrote:
>
> I have oil pressure again. Maybe I never lost it.
> I have 50 PSI at 65 MPH
> (3600 RPM), though only 10 PSI or so at hot idle.
>
> In my quest for oil pressure I have:
> - Replaced the pump gears and relief spring
> - Re-ground the crankshaft
> - Replaced the main and rod bearings
>
> The problem, it seems, was that my oil pressure
> sensor was in the wrong
> place. I had it plumbed into the rocker oil feed,
> where it measured only 25
> PSI. I now have a 3/8" NPT fitting driven into the
> oil filter bracket where
> I get a much higher reading. Who knows if any of
> the engine rebuild helped.
>
> I would like to thank all of the list members who
> helped to answer my oil
> delivery questions and got me to this point.
>
> Doug
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