oil pump cover ?, are they flatsurfaced Options

[brant]

hi all.
forgive my ignorance.
the time I had a big oil pump it was a melling with a flat cover that fit over it.. (you know the leaky one)

so this go around I bought a different brand pump that comes with no cover and the instructions indicate that you re-use the flat cover.

well guess what.
I took the blower housing off and this 1975 2.0 does not have a flat cover. the pump is made into the cover and I won't be able to re-use this cover.

what gives.
Is my set up standard for a 75?
do any years have a flat cover?
do I have to get a melling instead? or produce my own cover?

I have a 1.7 yet to tear up and I'm hoping it has a flat cover on its oil pump... but didn't get that far along yet.

anyone care to shed some light?

tia
brant

[brant]

Aaron,

I think so.
Its hard to tell.
the motor was not rebuilt and not fresh.

It was the 72 motor that came out of my vintage -6 chassis.

I drove it in the chassis for 3 months with no oil pressure guage and had no problems (but also no front cooler)

when I put it into my 74 chassis, with an oil pressure gauge.. I noticed lots of pressure drop.

but it was a tired motor so how can I absolutely say that it was due to the front cooler.

I have always run the melling pump on any motor previously in that 74 chassis with the front cooler.

when the 72 motor blew up... I questioned if it did so from what reason.

now I'm putting a 75 motor into that chassis, and I decided not to tempt fate... and to put the high volume pump back in (as I had been instructed to do way way back by my race shop)

brant