Another Black Hole

[halg]

As I was installing the drive gear for the oil pump I dropped it and it went all the way into the pan. Disaster was avoided, I was able to jack up the engine and drop the pan just enough to fish the gear out with a wire. I had no idea that the gear would fit through the hole in the block and go to the pan. I will be extra careful now.
Hal

[mdrburchette]

Another black hole to worry about? A few of us were discussing this very topic at Freakout this weekend. Glad it worked out.

[manoa matt]

I saw your custom manual oil pressure tool. Like all your other work, pretty neat. I think a simpler version could be made using the splined shaft from an oil pump or block mount distributor that can be directly inserted into the drill chuck. You would not need to remove the pump drive gear provided the drive gear did not change when they went to cam mounted distributors, as the splines in the gear are shared by the oil pump and the distributor.

[halg]

Matt it won't spin with the gear teeth engaged.
Hal

[manoa matt]

Ah ha, Theory is great until reality sets in.