I think the real lesson here is to make sure your pickup is mounted securely. If the motor has a windage tray, nothing will happen to the pan.
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Deuling's 1985 K5. "Restart thread on post #8415"
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It had 2 tacks on it that you can clearly see have broken.
That sob had a real hard ejaculation
It would make sense since it was rebuilt already.
Hard ejaculations are usually during the most fun times.
Hard ejaculations are usually during the most fun times.
I fully braze my pickup tubes on , after removing the guts and reinstalling the cover and bolts and tourqing everything to spec I also use the bolt on brace that was shown a few post up . Tack welds from electric welding will sometimes break (as you have found out) so I have chosen to braze all mine and have never had a failure
Brazing is the best way from what I understand because of the different metals involved.
Is removing the guts really necessary?
I was just gonna try my hand at tig welding them together and hopefully not putting too much heat into the cast piece...
I was just gonna try my hand at tig welding them together and hopefully not putting too much heat into the cast piece...
For no harder than it is to pull apart I wouldn't risk it. Last thing you want to do is have the pump get ate up in a short amount of time.
I pulled the plate off of the old pump tonight, just to check the internals. All I saw was 2 gears...
Are you saying push the little pin out of the top cap and take things out of that?
If you can keep the heat away from the gears that's the important part. I haven't had one apart in a couple years so I forget how much material separates the gears from the pickup tube area. If you think you can do it without getting heat to the gears go for it!
I did the green lock tite. And then I put a bunch of jb weld around it on the outside after a good cleaning.
I guess I bought the "Thick" front seal gasket instead of the thinner one meant for aluminum pans... Made the oil pan install a 4 hour process of jumping from bolt to bolt slowly tightening. I hope it seals well enough...
I cut the wix filter apart that I had installed the night before the last dune run, and this was what a magnet collected.
I also welded a bung on the header for the 02 sensor for the innovative setup. So now I can actually tune the thing on AF mixture somewhat.
I guess I bought the "Thick" front seal gasket instead of the thinner one meant for aluminum pans... Made the oil pan install a 4 hour process of jumping from bolt to bolt slowly tightening. I hope it seals well enough...
I cut the wix filter apart that I had installed the night before the last dune run, and this was what a magnet collected.
I also welded a bung on the header for the 02 sensor for the innovative setup. So now I can actually tune the thing on AF mixture somewhat.
really like those pan gaskets, never used them with al pans though. Hope it seals!
You? Tuning? This is excellent!
That isn't a bad idea at all, I might actually do one for myself...
Used to have a light and gauge in my circle track car light was set to come on at 5 psi
Yep, ours were Moroso, but I'm sure there's a bunch of not too expensive options out there
mine comes on at 20 psi
Ill have to look into that pressure light...
Yeah... I gotta get the motivation to wire it in. Im not sure why this kit comes with this massive wiring harness. I gotta get a wiring diagram as I think its missing some paperwork (bought it used).
I got it running last night. I found my OTHER oil leak as well. @folkenheath had given me this fuel pump quite a few years ago. Idk who remembers the "Box" fiasco..... It worked well, still worked even with the crack, but it just leaked a lot of oil. Replaced it with an auto zone cheapo. I figure if it works, I already have a spare one in the back of the blazer, and they are available at every parts store for like $13....
Running really smooth now.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPTZee_B4V2/
Yeah... I gotta get the motivation to wire it in. Im not sure why this kit comes with this massive wiring harness. I gotta get a wiring diagram as I think its missing some paperwork (bought it used).
I got it running last night. I found my OTHER oil leak as well. @folkenheath had given me this fuel pump quite a few years ago. Idk who remembers the "Box" fiasco....
. It worked well, still worked even with the crack, but it just leaked a lot of oil. Replaced it with an auto zone cheapo. I figure if it works, I already have a spare one in the back of the blazer, and they are available at every parts store for like $13.... 
Running really smooth now.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPTZee_B4V2/
I did the green lock tite. And then I put a bunch of jb weld around it on the outside after a good cleaning.
I guess I bought the "Thick" front seal gasket instead of the thinner one meant for aluminum pans... Made the oil pan install a 4 hour process of jumping from bolt to bolt slowly tightening. I hope it seals well enough...
I cut the wix filter apart that I had installed the night before the last dune run, and this was what a magnet collected.
I also welded a bung on the header for the 02 sensor for the innovative setup. So now I can actually tune the thing on AF mixture somewhat.
Ill have to look into that pressure light...
Yeah... I gotta get the motivation to wire it in. Im not sure why this kit comes with this massive wiring harness. I gotta get a wiring diagram as I think its missing some paperwork (bought it used).
I got it running last night. I found my OTHER oil leak as well. @folkenheath had given me this fuel pump quite a few years ago. Idk who remembers the "Box" fiasco....
Running really smooth now.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPTZee_B4V2/
You have a TIG welder and you glued the pickup on?
If you caught that much debris in your oil filter I think I would be replacing the pump, but if you had it apart you saw the gears I guess. If you don't have your bypass blocked some probably got through, I hope your bearings are OK. You said you were going to check those right?
Holy cow I've never seen a fuel pump crack like that. Did it hit something or just crack over time? Glad you got some use out of it.
Your blazer is bad@$$ Adam.
You can get oil pressure switches for $15, I hooked one up to the same light I hooked my brake pressure light too since it is ground switched too. Then if that light comes on its either your brakes or your oil pressure, pretty easy to figure out which one.
