My son-in-law and I got started with our 389 Long block install yesterday...
Step 1. Order and eat Sausage & egg McBreatfast....done....burp Step 2. Install Oil pump...whoooopss...install screen first...dammm! Forgot to get engine builder to press the screen into the oil pump housing.
Has anyone installed the screen onto a oil pump? How did you press it on?
attached...old pump with screen installed, new not installed.
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They sell a special tool that clamps onto the tube so you can tap it in. Or gin up your own tooling. Put a tack weld on it after pressed in to be safe.
You also have to take some measurements to the pickup is not too close or too far from the bottom of the oil pan. Kind of a PIA. Google it. There should be some how to videos out there.
I think I usually found a wrench that fit snug on the pipe and then slid it up against the bubble, then just hammered on the wrench till it was seated. Seems like my screens have always ended up real close to the bottom plate on the pump after I did all the measurements.
Like Firebob said only first stick your pump in the oven for a while and the pickup tube in the freezer. And make sure you have the alignment right when you start hammering the tube in. They don't like to turn once the go in.
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Like Firebob said only first stick your pump in the oven for a while and the pickup tube in the freezer. And make sure you have the alignment right when you start hammering the tube in. They don't like to turn once the go in.