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A friend of mine has a four cylinder 1927 Chev that has no oil pressure. It runs smoothly and no knocks. Any suggestions on what might be wrong?
Thanks Mike McDonald

I recently had a similar situation with the '28 engine in my truck Lurch.

The problem was that the distributor worked its way 'up' out of the hole in the block and therefore disengaged from the top of the oil pump.

I suspect that the last time I checked the timing of the distributor, I did not tighten down the clamp well enough to keep the distributor down in the hole in the block.

After seating the distributor so that it engaged the oil pump again, I the oil pressure came back.

Dean

Thanks. I will have him check that out. Hopefully that is what it is.

BTW, without taking the distributor out (so the timing stays good), I used the following process to seat the distributor:

1. Loosen the distributor clamp, but do not lift the distributor
2. Very slowly, turn the engine a tiny bit with a hand crank
3. Check to see if the distributor will slide down and engage the oil pump.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the distributor slides down around 3/8 inch.
5. Tighten up the distributor clamp (and I mean tight!).

Hope this does it for him.
Dean

Thanks Dean. Great help. They are going to take a look at it tomorrow. Mike

Let us know what solves the problem. The more solutions we document in the forums, the easier it is for future enthusiasts to find the information they need.

Cheers, Dean

Dean. Great information. This solved the problem and saved a lot of time. Thanks again for all your help. Mike McDonald