This afternoon I spent a few hours in the garage and ended up not getting very far.
First I put on the fuel pump eccentric, then went to put on my early style timing chain cover and to my surprise, the cover hits the eccentric! Clearly something is different here...either the timing chain gear or the 5.0 block.
So do I need to run a late model timing cover? or is there a different eccentric I can use that that will allow the cover to fit? I guess my last option would be to ditch the mechanical fuel pump all together and switch to an electric pump, thereby eliminating the first two questions.
So after messing around with that for awhile I decided to flip the motor over and work on the oil pump and pan....to my surprise the oil pan doesn't fit with the main support system! I recall someone talking about pan that would clear a main support a while back, but I can't seem to remember who or find that thread, anyone know?
Its one thing after another.
First I put on the fuel pump eccentric, then went to put on my early style timing chain cover and to my surprise, the cover hits the eccentric! Clearly something is different here...either the timing chain gear or the 5.0 block.
So do I need to run a late model timing cover? or is there a different eccentric I can use that that will allow the cover to fit? I guess my last option would be to ditch the mechanical fuel pump all together and switch to an electric pump, thereby eliminating the first two questions.
So after messing around with that for awhile I decided to flip the motor over and work on the oil pump and pan....to my surprise the oil pan doesn't fit with the main support system! I recall someone talking about pan that would clear a main support a while back, but I can't seem to remember who or find that thread, anyone know?
Its one thing after another.