RE: IML: No -start after oil pump install - what did I miss?

["TomChoice" <tcsibor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kenyon,

You probably know this, but when trying to look at the firing order, the 440
distributor turns counter clockwise. This bit me in the butt a long time
ago. Also, when the timing mark is at 0, make sure that it is on cylinder
one at 0. Feel for compression on cylinder one, or look at the rockers to
make sure both exhaust and intake valves on cylinder one are dead closed.


Tom



-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kenyon Wills
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 1:57 PM
To: IML
Subject: IML: No -start after oil pump install - what did I miss?


I installed a new oil pump on the 440 in my '72.

There is a rubber O-ring that didn't want to allow the
pump to enter the block, and I mistook that for
resistance from the shaft that drives the pump.

I have not had a 440 apart in this area, and other
cars I've worked on in antiquity had the distributor's
tail driving the oil pump, so naturally I removed the
distributor to try to clear a path for the oil pump,
figuring that I'd wiggle the rotor and fit it back
together once the pump was in.  That didn't help
because they're not directly connected, and I found
that I just needed to push harder (force) the pump
into the block, where it is now comfortably installed.

So I go back up top and reinstall the distributor with
the rotor pointing the (one of two possible) way that
I "thought" is was when it came out (I looked first).
The gear driving the dist. was not moved, so rotor
oientation should not be off unless installed reverse.

No fire.  I have spark.

I remote start the engine and rotate the distributor
through its entire range of motion.

No Fire.

I pull the distributor and spin the rotor 180 degrees,
crank and run dist. through entire range of
adjustment.

No Fire.

I line up the timing mark on 0 degrees, open up the
dist. and note that after having returned it to the
first position, it is sort-of close to the #1 spark
wire.

No Fire.

The car ran really great besides the oil pump, and all
it took was me to defunct it.  I think that I'm
missing one logic step, and can't figure out what it
is.  I know about where the distributor was and have
had it there and everywhere else.  I can hear the
ticking of the electricity when the rotor is rotated
with the cap off, so I know it's "hot".

Ideas?

Kenyon Wills
























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