Shorrock lubrication

[Donald M. Lawson]

I have installed my Shorrock on the TC and the instructions say to check to make sure that oil is getting to the unit through the oiler. Mine has the external brass one mounted on the rear of the supercharger. I removed the oiler with the feed line still attached and started the car to see if fluid came through the hole in the back of the oiler. I developed pressure on the guage but nothing came out of the hole. I removed the feed line from the oiler and tried again. Plenty of oil there! I'm wondering (my question) is what is the normal opening pressure for this peice. Is there supposed to be a constant dribble or an occasional spurt at a certain pressure? I've had it apart several times and it's clean and burr free. Any member response will be appreciated. Don TC 8045 NEMGT5687

[Mark Sellick]

Don, I don't have any info for the lubricator pin spring rate, but it must be less than the oil pressure expected at the valve gear. Oil ought to be feeding constantly into the blower. Presumably, your oil pressure gauge reading is good. Have you dismantled the lubricator assembly and checked that its clean. Also, what size is the lubricator pin - an oversize was available to stop plug oiling problems. Regards, Mark TC1459

----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald M. Lawson" lawson@uplink.net> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:29 PM Subject: [mg-tabc] Shorrock lubrication > I have installed my Shorrock on the TC and the instructions say to check to > make sure that oil is getting to the unit through the oiler. Mine has the > external brass one mounted on the rear of the supercharger. I removed the > oiler with the feed line still attached and started the car to see if fluid > came through the hole in the back of the oiler. I developed pressure on the > guage but nothing came out of the hole. I removed the feed line from the > oiler and tried again. Plenty of oil there! I'm wondering (my question) is > what is the normal opening pressure for this peice. Is there supposed to be > a constant dribble or an occasional spurt at a certain pressure? I've had > it apart several times and it's clean and burr free. Any member response > will be appreciated. > Don TC 8045 NEMGT5687 > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >