does anyone have a picture of a stock oil pump mounted to the block, or any oil pump for that matter. i think i got screwed on my oil pump. i told my machine shop to get me an oil pump when the done my machine work they got me the melling stock replacement m155. the problem is when its mounted to the block flush the drive shaft is angled in toward the pump at a good angle and i'm worried it will cause destruction somewhere sometime. the driveshaft i got for it takes some angle out of it because its a little loose and the oil pump drive goes on alright. am i freaking out for nothing or should i get a another new pump. oh yeah my pickup is welded to the bottom of the pump, so are there any melling pumps that the m155 bottom would bolt to???????? this suckssssssss
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Here's a couple pics - they're not that great - maybe you should post a pic of what yours looks like.

 

i forgot my camera at home when i was installing stuff today, i guess i can still pull the pan and take pics tomorrow. is that a melling m55 or m155 what ever they call them? in your last pic it looks like your pump is tilted slightly like mine is.

 

It's a Melling replacement pump. You're right it looks a little funny in the pics, but I didnt see anything unusual about it when I was working on it.

 

heres a pic i will post more later on i gotta go rotate my tires. oh yeah, i put the pump on a level surface and got my angle finder out with the pump sitting level on the mouting surface the drive piece is sitting at about 83 degrees give or take a half a degree
http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/563536857sTKJui

 

anyone else got any oil pump pics????????

 

My pump is the same as what yours looks like - it's from Summit

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...0&autoview=sku

 

maverickmk do you currently have that installed?

 

I have one identical to it installed - no problems yet

 

good enough i guess. i would just hate for that to cause problems down the road, then have to pull the engine to replace it. i saw a post the other day a couple people are having their pump drives cracking around the mounting flange, possible caused by the angle things are at with the angle the driveshaft is at??????

 

the biggest/most common thing I've heard is using a high volume pump, running heavy/thick oil and spinning the rpm's up - then the pump drives are failing

 

That cracking was probably referring to new Melling castings that are thinner than they used to be. There is nothing wrong with the angle. They have always been that way.

 

ok, thanks for the info shoebox. i didn't know they were always like that, my machine shop kept my old pump so i couldn't use it for comparison.