Decided to start a new thread since my other thread was poor performance related.
To recap, after a long series of small fixes, lots of cursing, and roughly three bottles of scotch, I got my 89 gt running correctly. First successful teat drive was night before Thanksgiving. Drove 50 miles to inlaws for Thanksgiving on Thursday morning and lost oil pressure less than a mile from their house. Abandoned the car in a cracker barrel parking lot and trailered it home tonight.
Once i got it in the garage i pulled the distributor and found the pump shaft broken in half. I can see both pieces through distributor hole. My plan is to use a magnet to pull them out, then install a new shaft and use a priming tool to spin pump with a drill. If it doesn't have any excessive resistance and it produces oil pressure I will reinstall and test drive. Does anybody see any flaws in that plan or suggest any extra steps?
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To recap, after a long series of small fixes, lots of cursing, and roughly three bottles of scotch, I got my 89 gt running correctly. First successful teat drive was night before Thanksgiving. Drove 50 miles to inlaws for Thanksgiving on Thursday morning and lost oil pressure less than a mile from their house. Abandoned the car in a cracker barrel parking lot and trailered it home tonight.
Once i got it in the garage i pulled the distributor and found the pump shaft broken in half. I can see both pieces through distributor hole. My plan is to use a magnet to pull them out, then install a new shaft and use a priming tool to spin pump with a drill. If it doesn't have any excessive resistance and it produces oil pressure I will reinstall and test drive. Does anybody see any flaws in that plan or suggest any extra steps?
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