63 170 engine not oiling! NEED HELP ASAP!!

[61falcon]

hey guys, just installed my C4 and started up my falcon, noticed a little tappet noise, so i let it run for about five mins. to see if it just needed to catch oil. Well when it didn't stop i shut it off and pulled the valve cover and started it up to find that it just wasn't oiling. so i need some advice as to what to do please! Thanks, vince.

 

[powerband]

When I first got my '63 Wagon I thought lifters were noisy, after a week or so, I looked in filler/breather cap to see a dry rocker shaft! .

I removed VC and rocker shaft and cleaned it as per the Falcon Six handbook' and ran that engine for a few years until it got transplanted to another 63' , still running I believe ...



As long as rear oil passage through last stanchion isn't plugged, cleaning - opening rockers and shaft should help. IF it's been dry for a while, replacing rockers and shaft may be an option. .. still takes seemingly too-long for oil to reach top of healthy Log engine ..


have fun

 

[61falcon]

Hmm ok, I'll try that. Now this engine was a great runner, I pulled it about 6 Months ago and it sat since then until I got the tranny and everything else. Anyway, how would I go about cleaning them? I can't find anything on that haha.
Thanks alot!
Vince

 

[turbo2256b]

On some of the early small 6s I ran a copper line from a tee at the oil pressure fitting on the side of the block. Up through the valve cover gasket and into the iside of the back of the rocker shaft.

 

[61falcon]

Got it! You guys are awesome! I just gotta go get U-joints and I'm on the road again!
I'll post some pics of my wagon sometime

 

[Invectivus]

One thing you can do to test is to run your oil pump with a drill after you reconnect it. You'll see oil flowing without having to start the engine.