drdirt1990
Newbie
Hello, I'm new to this group. I inherited a '46 CJ2A with a Buick Dauntless odd fire a year ago. It sat for 18 months before I could take custody. Pretty sure it has a hotter cam and does have custom headers. Replaced the carb ran it regularly and then took it on a couple of rides through the forest. I think over the last year, I put way more miles on it that my brother-in-law had over the prior 6-7 yrs. My next project was to better tune the carb, check fuel pressure, timing, maybe install different jets. I usually ran it every other week until the temps were up. The last time I ran it....no oil pressure. It's mechanical. Gauge seems to work, tried to find any blocked oil pathway. Used pressurized air and/or wires at any opening I could get to trying to find clogs. Checked both banks of valves...taking the rockers off of the passenger side. Everything looks clean. Took apart the oil pump once ....very little scoring under the gears. Gears looked near perfect. Later rebuilt it. Ran the engine and no squeaks and no grinding but no oil at the valves and no oil getting to the gauge. Just installed a new thrust plate and waiting for new oil pickup. Anyone have an idea that I've not thought of yet? I really don't want to pull the engine. Thanks to all