53 MG TF 1500 - here we go again

With the Morgan taking up most of my time in the last few weeks i have only managed to do a few things on the TF.
I have stripped the body of all the paint and filler back to bare metal.
I must say its in much better shape then the TD was.
It still has a few issues i will have to deal with but for now its coming along.






As the engine hadnt been started in 8 odd years i  though i would check that out before i got to far into getting the body back on it.
Good thing i did. So i re-primed the oil system, new oil and filter got the carbies back on it, very roughly got the coil and fuel pump mounted and got it to start.




That is where the fun stopped. Less then 20LB of oil pressure at revs, O dear not even close to where it needs to be.
Off will come the oil pump for checking as it was the owner that re-built it and im not sure if he did it right / wrong or its just FUBAR!
Oil drained last night and oil pump will come off today for checking.
If it all seems on then the motor out and on a stand to check all the bearings are correct and not damaged.
It was apparently re-built but i have not looked at it so who knows if it was done correctly or just slapped together.
Fingers crossed on this one.

Fingers crossed...

Silly question I know, what grade/weight oil are you using, 20/50 or similar, and certainly not syn, but looking at your garage, I think you will know this,

Penrite run-in oil 


penriteoil.com.au/products/10-tenths-running-in-oil-15w-40-mineral


same as i used in the Morgan which hold pressure now after finding dud bearings. Lets hope this is the same.

Cheers

Cool. Spring length unlikely to be a factor,  more whether it's there or not and / or has a bit of grit under it

I'm sure you are well ahead of me anyway!

Cheers

Matt

Ok cool i will give that a go.
I have an adjustable pressure relief fitting for it so i will adding that once i get it to that point again.

Cheers

The number of times I've counted those teeth! Sometimes the chains also have a T on them they can be a right mare! Watch the rear oil seal too! MG... More Grief! ha! Also getting up oil pressure can also be a job!

thats sort of what made me look at the oil pressure in the first place was the lack of oil at the rockers.

I did discover that MG had put a restrictive flow banjo bolt to the head on the later engines but it was still very slow to get to them and the amount getting there was small.

I have a 302 Cleveland here if you want it. I was going to build for a project but went down a different path.
Postage may suck a bit