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First, if you're gonna work on this junk, get a assembly manual for your year stang. Not a chiltons or haynes, go to fleabay and find a Ford assembly manual. It will look like this:
I am scared for him. Makes a pit in my stomach thinking when I was seventeen, and screwing up cars by not thinking right. Not having the right tools. Then sending the piece of crap to the junkyard because I messed it up. Back then I was on my own with no help. Even now I have to tell myself to slow down, and think.
Man all my sockets aren't fitting in the hole lol , they are skinny at the top and get fatter at the bottom so I can't get it on the shaft to check if it's seated imma have see if one of my friends have one ,I'm just driving the the old 7.3 powerstroke for now so I can take my time with this and not f*** anything up, for the vertical play idk when I pulled distributor it came up with it so I'm assuming there is some play .How much vertical play is there on the oil pump driveshaft, assuming it's retained by the washer?
I bought one I just need to get a socket that fits in to get on the oil pump shaft , hopefully when I prime it tightens up my rocker arms I feel like they have to much play even though everything is torqued and pushrods are nice and tightI just checked back in on this thread, so this is too late, but you could have put a cheap oil pressure gauge on the motor to check your oil pressure. I suspect you lost oil pressure somehow, which caused your lifters to start clacking. I've had that happen before on a big block mopar 383, and the symptoms were just as you described.
Yes, nothing you can't handle.When I do it am I supposed to have the drill going counter clockwise?
nope im solo lol , except for all y'all helping and YouTubeDo you have ANYONE who could possibly help you?? Friend, uncle, parent who has some mechanical skill?? From what You have posted here, it seems you would really be better off Learning with someone watching over you, showing you what NOT to do before you end up a pile of scrap metal.. We have all been there before.......
Ditto thisOn every stock 5.0 I've taken the factory rockers were a little loose. Have you tried using a drill to prime your oil system? Once you get everything pumped up the rocker might tighten up.
That's exactly what I use,works great.You cam make one from an old Ford distributor. You take the gear off, remove from distributor, and cut the shaft. Grind it down to fit on a drill.
I've used a quarter inch extension for a 1/4 inch bit. The one with the thin magnet end, not the bigger locking type. Just like the screw driver bit holders.
Didnt think of that I've been waiting for March 2nd for the tool to come in the mail I got an extra distributor so I might try this laterYou cam make one from an old Ford distributor. You take the gear off, remove from distributor, and cut the shaft. Grind it down to fit on a drill.
I've used a quarter inch extension for a 1/4 inch bit. The one with the thin magnet end, not the bigger locking type. Just like the screw driver bit holders.
I bought this oil pump priming tool (Mellings PT11) from Jeg's for $22 that looks like it will work perfect and save you from ruining a perfectly good distributor:Didnt think of that I've been waiting for March 2nd for the tool to come in the mail I got an extra distributor so I might try this later
Yes, nothing you can't handle.
I bought I'm trying to use it now , im trying to get it on the shaft but when is spin right it feels tight like it won't spin lbut when I do it left (counter clock wise ) It spins but it feels like it's not on the shaft , is there any certain way to do it?I bought this oil pump priming tool (Mellings PT11) from Jeg's for $22 that looks like it will work perfect and save you from ruining a perfectly good distributor:
Melling PT11: Oil Pump Priming Tool Small Black and Big Block Ford - JEGS High Performance
TOOL-PRIMINGwww.jegs.com