okay is it possible to install it upside down?????

I didnt fit it but when i pulled the flywheel housing off all the vaso i pumped into it trying to prime it was all around the outside of the pump.

I havent had a close look yet but i was wondering if it may of been installed upside down and been the cause for me not getting Oil Pressure.

ideas ????


Doc?????

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sounds like it isn`t tight...

maybe the bolts are too long?

maybe it`s cracked?

maybe it`s the wrong one?


etc?

what size engine? (as in what pump is it? 3-bolt pin/spade drive or 2 bolt spider/ spade drive?)

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

its for a 1098 and a 3 bolt spade drive i think i will have to compare it to the old one.

If ist cause ist to loose i will be exstatic or even the wrong one

i will have an investigate after dinner

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If it's a 3 bolt `pin drive' pump (std 998/1098), it will only fit one way.
There is a drain slot in the edge, this goes to the bottom.
Maybe the bolts are too long- aftermarket pumps vary in thickness a bit and it's one thing that should be checked these days before assembly.
Also check the threads are not full of Loctite or silastic from a previous engine build.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

looks like the bolts holding the bugger in were a bees dick to long

but on the up side i wont have to separate the gearbox from the block

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i`m so awesome when i`m right

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

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woo hoo got oil pressure




but on the down side thought i would fix the radiator cowling and put a hole in the radiator BUGGER

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You didn't try to attach the cowling with a self tapping screw, did you? The previous owner of my car did that.

yep

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Yeah you need the right sort of (short) screws.

Many people bought Chinese alloy rads, and some of `em do come in without their short 6mm screws. So the owners bought some that were too long... oops, water leaks!

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

If you can't get the right screws for the shroud you can at a pinch grind the point off very short self tappers.

Hi there buddy and compliments of the season

This thing about the bolts being too long in your new oil pump, I bought up in that huge thread about engine rebuild (in the How To section) and the only reason I knew this was from a previous experience about 5 or so years ago.

However, I'm glad you sorted it and now have pressure

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Rod
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re the oilz pump-
Back in the 60s and 70s when these engines were built there were a few OEM pump suppliers, and not all pumps were the same thickness as those we get now.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.