Re: Oldsmobile oil pump conversion kit update

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/11/1 21:58:24

"This drawing established the angle of the Olds oil pump base to be 4 degrees, 11 minutes. Inspection of the base of the adapter produced on the manual mill showed it to be 4 degrees even. "

THe angle dimension of the pump drawing is irrelevant. What is the angle to the PACKARD block? NOT the Olds block.

That is to say, the angle dimension on the drawing for the Olds pump was for fitment to an OLDS engine NOT a Packard engine.

Bottom line: the shaft of the pump must be concentric and parallel with the PACKARD distributor shaft. For all we know the Olds distributor might have set on an 11 minute angle. DO u have a drawing for the Olds engine????

Mock up the set up first with alignment shafts thru the distributor and the pump body and other gaugings.

Unless u have qualified prints of the Packard block, Olds block and pump then reverse eng'ring is the only possibility. Draw pictures later.