oil pump

[Movin]

It might be possible to helicoil it straight but a new oil pump would
be better. Make sure all surfaces are bondable clean, gaskets and
silicone hold oil in better that way. Make sure the crank is not grooved
they usually are okay but if the miles are stacking up the groove
might be there. A sleeve is available to fix that.

[BigElCat]

If anybody does change an oil pump, I'm pretty sure you don't have to drop the pan, or the exhaust.

I've never done it, but I'd take the task on myself. Use a new one, but only if something is wrong with the old one.

[Rocketman]

It looks like the tensioner was put in cross threaded. It's at a pretty extreme angle, like 15-20 degrees off square as I recall. It's sorta hard to get to right now to take a pic. I'm thinking maybe the boss cracked off and the bolt pulled over.

Doesn't the tensioner bolt into the water pump & not the oil pump? or is it that different on the B3?

[BigElCat]

Tensioner bolts to the oil pump on the B3. I looked it up in the FSM. I posted a pic of the B3 front today in the custom engine forum. The thread is called remote oil filter, you can see the tensioner.

[Movin]

If anybody does change an oil pump, I'm pretty sure you don't have to drop the pan, or the exhaust.

I've never done it, but I'd take the task on myself. Use a new one, but only if something is wrong with the old one.

I am looking for the short cut around that darn pick-up tube and screen...

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I am looking for the short cut around that darn pick-up tube and screen...

by the time you rip the oil pump out, you wont have a pickup tube to worry about. :p

[Festy46]

It looks like the tensioner was put in cross threaded. It's at a pretty extreme angle, like 15-20 degrees off square as I recall. It's sorta hard to get to right now to take a pic. I'm thinking maybe the boss cracked off and the bolt pulled over.

I bought a partially finished project car from a guy one time and he had twisted the bolt off that holds the tensioner pulley. Perhaps that happened with yours and the guy messed up the bolt hole removing the broken bolt and installing another one.

[Movin]

by the time you rip the oil pump out, you wont have a pickup tube to worry about. :p

A little video from Paul's "Tractor" thread comes to mind..:p :p

[Larry Hampton]

I bought a partially finished project car from a guy one time and he had twisted the bolt off that holds the tensioner pulley. Perhaps that happened with yours and the guy messed up the bolt hole removing the broken bolt and installing another one.

This was the blue Festy I picked up as a parts car last year, was missing the cam retainer plate bolt and the cam walked away from the disty. A 10mm bolt from a '93 Mustang GT fixed it. The car is just sitting right now waiting for me to fix that and the front seals.