Re: Oil pump on a 304
 

Hi Mike,
That's why he put 304 in the subject line. ;-) Other Jeeps have
their pumps outside too, like when they used the 350 Buick V8 or the V6
pictured at: http://www.apple.queensu.ca/cj3b/EngineSwap.html
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> People are thinking of the six with the pump in the pan.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Oil pump on a 304
 

Yes clean up the oil pump cover and all valves well!
Picture of oil pump cover here
http://members.aol.com/vwdoc1/autost..._Cover_360.jpg
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1

"Shaggie" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
news:tebq909t8a1lkmdntksdlid59402inmjlp@4ax.com...
> I think tomorrow I'm going to install the oil pump rebuild kit for my
> 304. I picked up my Chiltons manual a few minutes ago to see what I
> was going to be in for and it looks SUPER easy like I just have to
> remove the piece that the oil pump screws onto and the gears of the
> oil pump will be right there exposed. I was thinking I was going to
> have to remove the oil pan and go in from the bottom. Several people
> made comments like "While you're in there check the crank bearings" so
> I'm wondering if I'm missing something? I mean I know that worn out
> crank bearings could cause low oil pressure but it just sounded like I
> was gonna have to drop the oil pan for this because of the "while
> you're in there" part of the comments. I guess I'll just do the oil
> pump rebuild and see what that does for the pressure and if it's still
> low I'll drop the pan and start looking at the crank bearings. I
> guess y'all meant "While you're addressing the oil pressure problem"
> when you said "while you're in there?" Thanks.
>
>

Re: Oil pump on a 304
 

Yes clean up the oil pump cover and all valves well!
Picture of oil pump cover here
http://members.aol.com/vwdoc1/autost..._Cover_360.jpg
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1

"Shaggie" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
news:tebq909t8a1lkmdntksdlid59402inmjlp@4ax.com...
> I think tomorrow I'm going to install the oil pump rebuild kit for my
> 304. I picked up my Chiltons manual a few minutes ago to see what I
> was going to be in for and it looks SUPER easy like I just have to
> remove the piece that the oil pump screws onto and the gears of the
> oil pump will be right there exposed. I was thinking I was going to
> have to remove the oil pan and go in from the bottom. Several people
> made comments like "While you're in there check the crank bearings" so
> I'm wondering if I'm missing something? I mean I know that worn out
> crank bearings could cause low oil pressure but it just sounded like I
> was gonna have to drop the oil pan for this because of the "while
> you're in there" part of the comments. I guess I'll just do the oil
> pump rebuild and see what that does for the pressure and if it's still
> low I'll drop the pan and start looking at the crank bearings. I
> guess y'all meant "While you're addressing the oil pressure problem"
> when you said "while you're in there?" Thanks.
>
>

Re: Oil pump on a 304
 

Yes clean up the oil pump cover and all valves well!
Picture of oil pump cover here
http://members.aol.com/vwdoc1/autost..._Cover_360.jpg
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1

"Shaggie" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
news:tebq909t8a1lkmdntksdlid59402inmjlp@4ax.com...
> I think tomorrow I'm going to install the oil pump rebuild kit for my
> 304. I picked up my Chiltons manual a few minutes ago to see what I
> was going to be in for and it looks SUPER easy like I just have to
> remove the piece that the oil pump screws onto and the gears of the
> oil pump will be right there exposed. I was thinking I was going to
> have to remove the oil pan and go in from the bottom. Several people
> made comments like "While you're in there check the crank bearings" so
> I'm wondering if I'm missing something? I mean I know that worn out
> crank bearings could cause low oil pressure but it just sounded like I
> was gonna have to drop the oil pan for this because of the "while
> you're in there" part of the comments. I guess I'll just do the oil
> pump rebuild and see what that does for the pressure and if it's still
> low I'll drop the pan and start looking at the crank bearings. I
> guess y'all meant "While you're addressing the oil pressure problem"
> when you said "while you're in there?" Thanks.
>
>

Re: Oil pump on a 304
 

Yes clean up the oil pump cover and all valves well!
Picture of oil pump cover here
http://members.aol.com/vwdoc1/autost..._Cover_360.jpg
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1

"Shaggie" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
news:tebq909t8a1lkmdntksdlid59402inmjlp@4ax.com...
> I think tomorrow I'm going to install the oil pump rebuild kit for my
> 304. I picked up my Chiltons manual a few minutes ago to see what I
> was going to be in for and it looks SUPER easy like I just have to
> remove the piece that the oil pump screws onto and the gears of the
> oil pump will be right there exposed. I was thinking I was going to
> have to remove the oil pan and go in from the bottom. Several people
> made comments like "While you're in there check the crank bearings" so
> I'm wondering if I'm missing something? I mean I know that worn out
> crank bearings could cause low oil pressure but it just sounded like I
> was gonna have to drop the oil pan for this because of the "while
> you're in there" part of the comments. I guess I'll just do the oil
> pump rebuild and see what that does for the pressure and if it's still
> low I'll drop the pan and start looking at the crank bearings. I
> guess y'all meant "While you're addressing the oil pressure problem"
> when you said "while you're in there?" Thanks.
>
>