Fuel Pump Actuator Rod

[Jack_440 Savoy]

Ok, From a previous post. The Main consensus is "Ditch the Oil Slinger" I am using a electric fuel pump. Can I get rid of the Fuel Pump Actuator Rod ???

[DartGT66]

Yes you can, there is no oil pressure or things like that in the hole.

[aarracer]

Hey Jack

You should be wary of listening to the consesus on ditching your oil slinger!!
I would strongly advise you not to! I have only been building these things since 1972. The factory engineered these things with purpose in mind! That purpose is to relieve the front seal of the oil impacting the front seal and leaking! If you wish to wash your engine MORE ditch it! The slinger certainly fits all mopar chains (including the cloyes true roller), helps to sling oil up onto the chain and definately keeps the oil from impacting and leaking past the front seal.


Cheers

AARRACER

[70Ted]

50% of the motors never had one and they didnt leak.

[Jack_440 Savoy]

I asked this question on three Mopar Site's. A lot of people say they never had one to start. What's up with That ??? Something is Wrong .

[DartGT66]

I think about half of the enignes I havedisassembled have had an oil slinger. I have never put one back, and never had front seal leaks. I believe mopar is the only one to use a slinger, but why? There shouldn't be anything special in the mopar timing cover. However, like said above, it fits with different timing chains (but not with true gear drives or belt drives), and shouldn't harm anything either. If you have one, you can as well put it back, but there really isn't any need to start searching for one if you don't.

[70Ted]

it was a band aid for poor quality seals of the late 50s-60s

[The_Dakota_Kid]

Use the oil slinger if all possiable. You can ommit the fuel pump pushrod again, it wont hurt to leave it in, the engine in the dakota still has the pushrod installed, I have ran many diff cams, 509 hyd, 650 solid, and now .800 solid roller, the roller doesnt even have the lobe to run a mech fuel pump gravity holds it to the bottom, evenb if it did get bumped up there it would stay there very long.

[pishta]

Slinger wont fit a dual idler gear drive, tried it. It does keep the oil away from the seal, but as for slinging oil up on the chain for lubrication as a design? Yeah, but there is so much oil vapor down there covering everything, the sling to lube the chain is just a condition of keeping the oil away from the louse seals back then. Remember the small block had an oil "dripper" that was a hole in the cam plate bolt that was fed from a lifter galley that sprayed oil onto the chain for lube. The fuel pump pushrod can be removed by removing the pipe plug. I run an electric and have a cover over mine (obviously) as my cam was bought with a bad eccentric, got a great deal on it because of that fact.