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Old Nov 28, 2019 | 03:26 PM
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i took my shovel for a ride after sitting for 5 months and oil dripped out the breather meaning oil seeped past the check ball.whats the best way to reseat it without taking off the pump. thanks
 
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I tried the extra ball being beat into the bottom of the pump. Didn’t work. So I put a shutoff on the hose that feeds the pump. I hang my key on it.
 
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It sat 5 months and oil dripped out the breather.

Wipe the oil off and don`t worry about it, unless it barfs oil after sitting for a short period.

 
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we see all different things happen with the ball - I have a tool to re seat the pump body's seat - yea it works most of the time - when a pump is off and going back on we made a tool to lap the seat using a 3/8 ball end push rod - again that also works most of the time

that brings us to hitting the ball to re seat it - I broke a couple of pumps before any of the tools were invented hitting it too hard - and its not done in a real shop today they just replace the oil pump -- well that is also not written in stone to work every time

as said wipe its tinkle and forgetaboutit
 
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You can take an old ball, if its smooth, preferably a new one - weld a rod to it then stick it in the seat and lap it like you would valves.
 
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You can take an old ball, if its smooth, preferably a new one - weld a rod to it then stick it in the seat and lap it like you would valves.
ive heard an evo pushrod works
 
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I redid the ball seat on mine with the pushrod trick. It works.
 
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I redid the ball seat on mine with the pushrod trick. It works.
any valve lapping paste used. thanks
 
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Originally Posted by john lee
any valve lapping paste used. thanks

maybe I will get lucky again with this answer

think about putting valve grinding compound in the oil pump that's installed and then - how would you propose you were going to clean it out
 
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I didn't use any grinding compound just the tip of the pushrod but I did bead blast the tip to give it some texture.
 
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