Oil pump

[Gresley]

A quick question - I am removing my oil pump to renew the o rings, do I need to prime it when I have refitted it, or will it self prime?

Thanks

Brian

[wilf]

I filled mine up with oil before I fitted it, worked fine - oil pressure came up very quickly from cranking (but with the plugs out to help).

[blue 464]

Brian, i did mine recently, I was given advice to pack it with vaseline, and then remove the king lead from the distributer and pull the inertia switch, then turn it on the key until the oil light went out, it took about 1 minute for the light to go off

hope this helps, derek

[GDPR]

Stuff it full of Vaseline, and it'll prime up a treat

[martin]

Brian, i did mine recently, I was given advice to pack it with vaseline, and then remove the king lead from the distributer and pull the inertia switch, then turn it on the key until the oil light went out, it took about 1 minute for the light to go off

hope this helps, derek

Just a thought folks, I'd be reluctant to run the starter motor for a full minute without pause, it gets very hot indeed. Martin.

[V Mad]

Brian, ..... remove the king lead from the distributer
derek

Best not to remove the king lead Derek, it can cause your coil to fail. You can remove the low tension leads from the coil to disable the spark.

[GDPR]

Better still, leave the distributor out and use a cordless drill on the pump shaft, set anticlockwise to get pressure up - that way, if you made any mistake doing the pump you'll save the bearings from any oil starvation.

Every oil pump job I do gets the vaseline and leccy drill treatment....

[martin]

Better still, leave the distributor out and use a cordless drill on the pump shaft, set anticlockwise to get pressure up - that way, if you made any mistake doing the pump you'll save the bearings from any oil starvation.

Every oil pump job I do gets the vaseline and leccy drill treatment ....

Ooooh ! I like the sound of that ! Martin.

PS, I've been pulling off the king lead for that purpose for 40 years, never had a coil fail.

[GDPR]

Nor me - seen a couple of electronic ignition knackered by pulling the king lead at the coil and the spark cluttering off to the LT terminals though...

[Gresley]

Many thanks folks, vaseline it is then! I've never had the oil pump off the Stag before and was not sure what I needed to do, I'm changing the plugs too so it will be easy to whiz it over with them out. Hopefully the new O rings will cure my annoying oil leak!

Thanks

Brian

[V Mad]

PS, I've been pulling off the king lead for that purpose for 40 years, never had a coil fail.

You're a naughty boy

[martin]

You're a naughty boy

I AM a naughty boy - but it's nothing to do with cars !

[GDPR]

But he's not the messiah....

[martin]

But he's not the messiah....

No, that's a VERY naughty boy

[wilf]

Are you doing the oil transfer housing seals at the same time?