oil pump driveshaft

[roadhog]

i am rebuilding a 440 motor is there a gasket under the gear on the shaft that is ran off of the camshaft to the oil pump ? When i got my gasket kit there is a neopreme ring i dont know where it goes

 

[GTX JOHN]

Not that I have ever seen on one.

 

[Cranky]

I've had lots of gaskets kits that had gaskets that didn't go anywhere on a Mopar engine.....

 

[toolmanmike]

i am rebuilding a 440 motor is there a gasket under the gear on the shaft that is ran off of the camshaft to the oil pump ? When i got my gasket kit there is a neopreme ring i dont know where it goes

None there. Possible it goes under the distributor? How big is it?

 

[roadhog]

Not that I have ever seen on one.

so is it just metal to metal why i ask is when i started it there is a kind of grinding sound in front of motor sounded like water pump , i took belts off and still there checked rods and bearings all are torqued , timing chain looks good dont know what it is?

 

[roadhog]

None there. Possible it goes under the distributor? How big is it?

it is about 1/2 inch fits the shaft

 

[toolmanmike]

it is about 1/2 inch fits the shaft

Not for the distributor then. Between the block and the distributor base.

 

[diesel_lv]

Check oil slinger. Had to remove mine on my double roller chain. It was barely hitting the rivets on the chain. Never had leaks after removing.

 

[beanhead]

so is it just metal to metal why i ask is when i started it there is a kind of grinding sound in front of motor sounded like water pump , i took belts off and still there checked rods and bearings all are torqued , timing chain looks good dont know what it is?

The base of the pump drive gear rides on a bronze (or sometimes aluminum) bushing that gets pressed in to the block there....the neoprene ring in your gasket kit is for the distributor, if it's 2-ish inches in diameter. They sometimes include an o-ring for the oil pump shaft (on the pump itself) that sticks into the block, that one's about 1/2 or 3/4"-ish in diameter...

 

[oldkimmer]

Oil plug gasket. Their 1/2 inch and neoprene. Kim

 

[Geoff 2]

There are TWO small O rings used with the oil pump. If you separate the pump cover from the body [ 2 bolts ] there is a recess in the body for an O ring, over the hole that feeds the pressurised oil into the block.

The other O ring fits into a recess on the 'neck' of the pump that goes into the bock.