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« Last post by Buji88 on June 07, 2024, 12:03:53 pm »
Well I think I figured it out....I put vacuum to it and it held good, was able to build about 15 inch on it with no drops. I tore it down to access the timing piston to check the advance and make sure it was all good. I noticed the cold start assist (the thing that runs from top of the housing down to the timing piston that has the electrical connection) had stripped badly. You could grab about 1 thread at the bottom but it won't tighten fully. I think either A) The threads were damaged at a past point, and when I took it off to change the seals on the covers (which is when all this started), I finished off the threads, or they cracked. B) I had cross-threaded it on the original install, but I didn't feel anything wrong ever retightening that banjo bolt.
But either way, you could kind of tighten it, and I suspect during running and vibration that it would be able to pull air in there. I'm also pretty sure that the chunks of threads likely ended up in the pump. I had a spare pump that wasn't turning, and I loaded it with sea foam and let it soak for a couple of days, and now it spins. I pulled the head off of it as well, and it was very serviceable looking inside, so I'm going to clean it up, fully reseal it, and, well, hopefully, that's it!
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