Reply To: Re installing oil pump

[George Teebay]

Oh boy, I wanted to refrain from further beating of this dead horse, BUT…

Greg, when you worked on my two 80s, I had done so previously and BOTH had capscrews rather than the original studs but you made no comments then. And Percy the coupe’s capscrews were installed by Eric Rosenau and Bill Lawton during their restoration of the car for Phelps Chamberlain in 1983. That’s where I got the idea for replacing the studs in Humphrey the sedan circa 1994. I’d renewed my early 1960s friendship with the Chamberlains after acquiring the semi-project sedan, and spent a lot of time under their car until they offered it to me in 1995.

Greg is right about keeping the car level, especially left to right, and best if all four corners are raised. PAMCC engineers were right in their original design in the days before detergent multi-grade oil, in which pulling the oil pump for cleaning the screen, pump and pan was a far more frequent task than today.

In sum, today it’s a question of whether one follows the factory practice or implements a Field Expedient to get the job done satisfactorily. Either will do the job just fine. Now how many angels can dance on the head of an oil pump mounting stud?