Re: Fitment of 35 amp alternator and vacuum pump to 1956 Patrician

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/5/11 6:34:34

Let's see if i understand this correctly:

1.) The vacuum pump is part of or driven by the alternator shaft????

2.) The vacuum pump requires oil to cool and lubricate it???

The V8 oil filter cannister dumps into the timing chain area. It simply dumps into the timing chain area and runs down the front face of the block under the timing chain cover and back to the oil pan. So very little of the output from the oil filter does any lubrication at all not even to the timing chain.

NOTE that the oil filter has a restrictor in it. There is a 1/16" diameter hole in the center tube of the filter cannister that greatly reduces flow of oil thru the entire filter circuit. U indicate that the vaccuum pump requires a lot of oil. So i really don't know if the output of the filter will provide enuf oil or not because i don't know how much oil the vacuum pump requires. I would think that the filter output would be enuf but what are the specs for the vacuum pump oil requirements?????


If the filter output is connected to the input side of the vacuum pump then connect the output side of the vacuum pump to the original place in the block that the oil filter dumped into.