What do these do? I have turned over my engine on the starter to prime it up and I can get nothing upto the head (spray rail removed, and looking at the supply hole). I am hoping one of these mystery bolts is a priming hole for the oil pump. Can anyone confirm or deny?

Thanks
Mark
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Think you will find the top bung is for draining the coolant from the block , not sure about the lower bung, may be worth removing the oil filter and l.t lead from coil and cranking the engine over until oil comes from filter housing, then refit filter and cranking again until oil light goes out. Rusty

yup first is drain,second looks like turdo oil return

lower plug is just a feed into the sump used for oil returns from oil separators on competition cars

Any ideas on how to prime the pump without taking off the sump. I am thinking of using an oil gun into the spray rail orrafice to inject stp/oil mix.

Or an I expecting too much of the starter motor speeds (plugs out, injection manifold not fitted yet) to get enough pressure to reach the head

In the book 'how to power tune ford sohc pinto engines it advises builders to use an old distributor stripped down to the shaft and use an electric drill to spin the shaft and turn the oil pump. This primes the engine with oil. Hope this helps solve your problem Jacko.

Sound idea, now to get an old pinto dizzy

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Originally posted by jacko
In the book 'how to power tune ford sohc pinto engines it advises builders to use an old distributor stripped down to the shaft and use an electric drill to spin the shaft and turn the oil pump. This primes the engine with oil. Hope this helps solve your problem Jacko.

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Mark if you use a old dizzy to drive the oil pump remove the cog that would normally drive the dizzy jacko

the drive is a small square shaft sitting in the top of the oil pump you can use a screwdriver hex end the one for all the srewdriver tips you have either in a srew driver or in a hand held electric drill, works a treat, turn clockwise

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Originally posted by macspeedy
the drive is a small square shaft sitting in the top of the oil pump you can use a screwdriver hex end the one for all the srewdriver tips you have either in a srew driver or in a hand held electric drill, works a treat, turn clockwise

[Edited on 25/7/04 by macspeedy]

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Hi Mark

Just looking at your picture ( engine looks great )

You did have a dizzy fitted when you tried to get oil pressure didn't you?

Adrian

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Originally posted by ady8077
Hi Mark

Just looking at your picture ( engine looks great )

You did have a dizzy fitted when you tried to get oil pressure didn't you?

Adrian

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Originally posted by Mark AllansonWHAT A PILLOCK

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Try this Mike

Cheers Mark.

I'd seen the RH article before, but it looked a bit rough and ready with original plenum mounted at 90 degrees and the small patches blocking off the original holes. You've made a very neat job of that!

I saw the RH jobbie before I did mine - it looked a total bodge so I did my own, he was charging about £25 for the plans and the little patches - cheeky b@gger