Re: 55-56 oil pump

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/3/24 16:18:59

Riki, regarding the "Friday night in a bar" design, the pinned wobble joint isn't unique to the V8 or even unique to Packard for that matter, it was used on the 282, 288, 327, 359 engines and I believe also on the 245 and 257 engines, but with a difference. On those engines the cam gear drives the oil pump and not the distributor so the pinned joint is on the distributor, not the oil pump. And those engines don't eat oil pump shafts or distributor bushings; I'd expect the largest reason for distributor shaft bushing wear is failure to lubricate.