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GB SISSON · 05-11-2024, 02:49 PM

Dale, the reason I'd use the worst one is that the oil must become quite laden with grit from the stones. I have taken the bottom plates off the 5 pumps and graded them with a 1 through 5 star rating for wear on the plate. Least wear is the one I tried yesterday with the correct pickup for my truck pan. I gave that a 5, along with another. There's a 4 and two 3s. Two issues are the one marked 'melling M-19' has a stripped hole at pickup tube flange and one of the 5 short body pumps has straight cut gears instead of bevel, making it sort of a mongrel..I went through my pipe fittings and came up with the needed parts for a 'Flatjack style' of tester.

05-11-2024, 02:49 PM	#228
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,151	Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts Dale, the reason I'd use the worst one is that the oil must become quite laden with grit from the stones. I have taken the bottom plates off the 5 pumps and graded them with a 1 through 5 star rating for wear on the plate. Least wear is the one I tried yesterday with the correct pickup for my truck pan. I gave that a 5, along with another. There's a 4 and two 3s. Two issues are the one marked 'melling M-19' has a stripped hole at pickup tube flange and one of the 5 short body pumps has straight cut gears instead of bevel, making it sort of a mongrel..I went through my pipe fittings and came up with the needed parts for a 'Flatjack style' of tester. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)