SV engine.Missing bolt?

[RobThomas]

Just recomissioning a sidevalve. Oil pouring out from under the filter. removed filter housing and there is a bolt missing from the side face of the block below the filter (USHM3, 1952). Does anyone know if it is a plain short bolt with copper seal or is it a longer bolt to clamp the oil pump body into the block. Not shown in the manual. Arghhhh! Oily shoes and driveway.

[philthehill]

Rob
The bolt in question I believe is shown in BMC Wksp Man illustration A26 and blocks off a oil gallery cross drilling which carries oil under pressure from the pump to the oil filter.
So to answer your question - the bolt/set screw is short with a copper washer under the head.
Phil

[RobThomas]

Awesome. Thanks, Phil (Font of all knowledge).



They must have changed the numbering system over the years since A26 on mine is an image of the head being lifted. (AKD530C, issue 4)

[RobThomas]

60 psi on the cranking handle alone. Looks like Phil has fixed it again.

[philthehill]

AKD530 L.

Fig:- A26 is still of the head being lifted.

The illustration A26 issues 2, 54936I to which I referred is a cross sectional drawing of the engine.

Fig: A1 clearly shows the bolt/set screw head.

As Mutley and Dastardly would say "Figs and illustrations"

Phil