What is the ideal oil pressure for a AMC 360?

[Drew]

How much of a job is replacing the oil pump housing and gears in an installed AMC 360V8 ? Can it be done by just removing the oil pan on the engine and working it from below ? I've had to remove the screen on the oil pickup to clean it before on a 304 but don't remember how it was bolted on above, I guess that is where the oil pump would be.
What about the oil filter upgrade and a relocation kit ? Beginning to sound like a job for little elves with little wrenches rather than a 275lb. fat man unless I want to jerk the engine. There's hardly enough room to access the oil filter down there much less work on the oil filter mounting.
And to think all I wanted in the beginning was to relocate my oil filter and get better oil pressure. "For every action there's an equal........"
And where would I get this new nickle coated oil pump ? How about an oil filter relo kit ? From this site ?
LMK,
Thanks,
Drew

[fuzz401]

what ever you do do not put the high pressure spring in the bypass

[Drew]

what ever you do do not put the high pressure spring in the bypass

Why not ?

[tufcj]

Actually, the only thing in the pan is the oil pickup tube. The pump itself is part of the timing cover. Changing it out is no more difficult than doing a timing chain. Drain antifreeze, remove hoses, fan, waterpump, and some of the accessory brackets, remove timing cover.

If you're just replacing the pump gears, and not the housing, all you need to do is remove the housing that the oil filter screws onto (about 7 1/4x20 bolts). The gears will just drop out. The remote filter adapter replaces this housing. Just remember to lube the new gears well so they create enough suction to prime.

Bob
tufcj

[Mudrat]

And where would I get this new nickle coated oil pump ? How about an oil filter relo kit ? From this site ?
LMK,
Thanks,
Drew

Drew, check out the Bulltear Pro-Parts thread for the cover, pump gears and more.

Pat
If it were easy, ANYBODY could do it

[Drew]

Thanks Pat.