aweful quiet in here lately

Ya for a while there I was sure that there was some kinda love fest going on

Hey rico, I guy (macario) on ramcharger central has a 2wd 440 rc for sale still, I think
BTW has/ does anyone know if 600 cfm carb will run on a stock 440, I have 750 but me thinks it's a little strong for it. thanks

Thank you 67mike, I will try and find out.

SMOKIN,If you answer your e-mails alittle more often,you wouldn't be saying that,did you even talk to Sam , about those bumper brackets,he has them, or are you spending to much time on that new KIDDY truck site , lol,now I forgot,what would you like to talk about,and NO black warlock ,not YET a love fest.lol,By the way I'm on the phone with Sam,he's is waiting for that e-mail about the brackets, DAMIT!

By the way, Larry Haga where are you,you seemed to drop out of existense!mspl

ouch Ric ,,,go easy on me,,,,I check this site every time I'm online,,and I always answer my e-mails...and I had no idea Sam has A pair or I would have bought them already,,,,,,,but I did get my truck legal today,,,just a matter of gettn the rear bumber on now

MAN! I fired up the truck this afternoon, let it warn a bit and made a few passes up and down the road, pulled it back in and drained out the oil. Toped it off with new and refired the 440 and the oil PSI never came back up. Something is weird here, the shaft did not twist off, and it is full of oil, so I figure, must be the pump. The local parts guys in the area ( A-Zone, O'Reilly's Napa, All pro ) all said that a 440 oil pump will be special order. That will take a week or more! How about that for luck.

Boom! The 440 is OK! 100 psi, Never had that before. Weird that the pump stoped when I changed the oil, I got a used pump from a 400 I have in storage. This will do untill the new one comes in.

Look in the pump you pulled off. Specially the relief valve. If you got something that blocked the valve open it will not prime and build oil pressure the next time you try to run it. My brother had a 383 that parts of the nylon cam gear did that to a couple of times. That relief valve is what determines your oil pressure so your new one must have a stiff spring.
Bryce

Ok, I will look when I have chance. I will let you know.

thanks Mr. Rico

I agree, it must have something in the releif spring causing it to dead head the pump (full presure)

Well I took the pump apart and I did not find anything obvious. I geuss that the trash could have been knocked out in the past week that it has been laying around. The spring is intack, I don't know if it is worn out but nothing in it and it is not broken. The new pump is on and working great so I will just have to be happy nothing went terribly wrong. Thanks guys!

Well, I'm glad the oil pump worked,still hard to beleive that was the problem,and can't believe you waited that long for a pump?And also smokin you are right,, there is no chatter!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad you got the pump going. scary wasn't it. I dont know how to start a new message goody but I promised a picture a while back and her it is.

Niiccce truck, fuzzy but very nice , still can't wait til our garage is up! have so much I could be doing,

Sorry about fuzzyness ,. Cheapie camera , the kind you take the camera back to store and they develope.
not much of a flash on those cameras and the truck is black. would be better if i could roll it outside. Can you stand another pic?

send away!! it's not that bad, it could be worse, it could be a furd or chebbie......lol.

this shows a little better.

garye, nice truck, here is a picture of my 440
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