Re: 1956 Clipper Hot Rod

Posted by Allen Kahl On 2012/11/15 18:57:57

Gentlemen one and all:

Please let's not get this off in flame land. I have made an executive decision. I have have looked at all of the posts and all of the advice that has been offered. At this point with everything I have to do to get my engine rebuilt, I have decided not to go with the olds oil pump conversion and either have the one that is in there reconditioned and slap it back in there, or get a good one from Mike Dulinski if mine is too far gone. I cannot at this point afford another $350. The key considerations that I took into account is my own 55. It has about 89K miles on it and the oil pump is working fine. That's not to say it will not give up the ghost the next time I crank it over. The second thing was a comment made by someone who put in a new Packard oil pump and it let loose at 25K miles. With the amount of driving miles that I will be doing 25K miles will last me until I drive off into the great Packard proving grounds in the sky. If I were to drive those kinds of miles then yes I would go with the Olds pump. However as it stands this is what I have decided to do. I have paid the shop their up front money and I told them to take their time as I am in no hurry for the car before the middle of next year, so treat this as a back burner project because at this point I do not have the remainder of the money and I will be at the end of my contract and out of work by year-end.

Thanks again for all the advice and help. As soon as I get some I will post pictures.

ALK