engine rebuild advice

[Tim]

so the rock auto kit is a good price then?

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...parttype,10392

$100 isn't too bad. Check eBay first, though. I got mine for about half that.

The one in the link should contain every gasket and seal you need.


-Tim

[MTec007]

that makes it worth while to me. i can take puzzles apart and put them together but i simply dont know which pieces i need

[Zivon23]

I found this.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=Festiva+oil+pump&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Hope this helps.

[Zanzer]

Check RockAuto too. The B8 pump is a good bit cheaper than the B3 (maybe a good excuse to do the swap LOL)

The oil pump is the first thing I get when doing a rebuild or overhaul. New bearings aren't going to do any good if a pump with 100+k fails and wipes them out.

It's like building the 6 Million Dollar Man but using the heart from a 60 year old fat guy...LOL :mrgreen:

[FestYboy]

^you can rebuild the oil pump, I did... had several spares laying around, cracked them open and went at them with feeler gauges, slapped all the best parts together and now i have 60+psi at idle and a touch over 80 at 3k. easy squeasy

[Zanzer]

^^ I thought about that. I was looking at all the used ones I have laying around the other day and I remember seeing service limits for the various oil pump parts in the manual. It got me to thinking that I could take all the parts and measure the tolerances and put a "rebuilt" one together if it ever came down to that

Good to know someone else has done this already! Makes me comfortable with the idea. :thumbup: