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Thanks again guys, a broken push rod seems major to me, but I guess it could have been worse. I still have to try and dial in the tuning, I'll probably be back with another thread for that before...

Took the power steering belt off, noise went away, put it back on, kinda loose, noise was not as loud, looks like I may be in for a new power steering pump before long. I also found that the water...

Its all back together and I have oil pressure!!!! However, now I have a weird ticking sound, it sounds like its coming from the front of the engine, not from under a valve cover, but I could be...

I borrowed a cylinder leak down tester this morning and ran a test on the #5 cylinder, which is where the intake push rod broke. It passed and none of the air coming out of it was coming out of the...

You did hit it on the first post 390spirit. It is possible I over reved it, cam is rated for 1500-4500 rpm. Pretty sure I hit 5000+ a time or two. I got to remeber I have a CJ7 and not a race car...

the pistons are. 030" over stock compression. I don't have a bore scope but I think my neighbor has a leak down tester. I think that would be a good idea. With the intake off it would be obvious if...

Thanks for the suggestions. Springs are stock replacements that's all I can tell you about them. Spec sheet from machine shop said deck height is 9.190" which is .015" shorter than stock I think. ...

Pretty sure I found the problem, which I was not expecting because I honestly did not notice a difference in engine sound, I reckon I'm just deaf or something.....Now.....What all do I need to...

So I disassembled everything, grill, radiator, electric fan, AC compressor, alternator, power steering pump, fuel pump, all hoses, then after remembering the hard way that the water pump has to come...

It looks like this http://www.bulltear.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_35&products_id=217 It goes between the oil pump cover and the timing cover, lets the gears ride against a piece of steel...

I put the .007 gasket in. I got about 8 psi on the drill and I can not turn the pump from the top of the engine with a screwdriver because the clearances are so tight.

So now I have ensured that...

Put the oil pan on this morning, oil filter and filled with oil, hooked up the drill to prime the oil, and got 5 psi. I'm going to re-install the .007 thin oil pump gasket and see what happens even...

Got my order from Bulltear in today and had some time to tinker on it this afternoon. I installed the oil filter bypass plug, cleaned everything up and installed the oil filter housing using the...

I'll check my Haynes manual when the parts come in, thanks.

Thanks. That may have been the original problem. When I assembled the engine I used high tack gasket sealant on it. That may have messed up the clearances and caused excessive wear on the oil filter...

I'll order the midplate, .007 gasket and bypass plug, any other upgrades from Bulltear recommended while I'm at it? I assume I get some plasti-gauge and try the .007 and .085 gaskets to see which...

I'll inspect it, try to make sure its sealed to the block,and make a spacer of some sort for it. Think I might order the steel midplate set with thin gaskets too, seems like a good price for extra...

Is it possible it sucked to the pan and actually bent the tube slightly and lost some clearance? I put modeling clay on it and sat the pan in place to test the fit when I was first assembling it,...

I used thread sealant on the threads, and if I remember correctly, I screwed it in until it got tight. I may can tighten it, but again, I'll have to remove the pass. motor mount and header to do so.

I pulled the oil pan again this morning. From the bottom of the block to the bottom of the pick-up is 7 1/4" From the top of the pan to the bottom of the pan is 7 5/16" Only 1/16" difference. Of...

Thanks guys, I'll pull the oil pan back off, re-inspect everything and see about adding spacer to the pick-up. Would the pick-up suck to the pan while priming with a drill, after having great oil...

I thought the same thing, when I re-installed the oil pan, I put fresh oil in it and a new filter. The trap door under the filter was closed and moved freely. I removed the bolt and spring from the...

It has a mechanical oil pressure gauge, new gauge and hose since this started, pump is moving some oil, oil comes out of gauge hose, but not very much.

I have a 401 with about 500 miles on a rebuild that had great oil pressure, at idle it was around 60 cold and 20 hot, then one day I cranked it and nothing. Here's the entire story

Engine - '77...