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Old 07-09-2017, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by GTOGEORGE View Post
The Butler pump comes with the same yellow spring thats in the mellings 60psi pump. So I took the mellings cap off and reinstalled the Bultler cap (one cap is deeper then the other), with the same purple spring that was in my mellings pump....now I'm only getting 45psi and that it. Just doesn't make sense psi should be at least 70? GTO George
If you have the Deeper Cap (probably the stock Melling Pump Cap on the pump and the Butler cap is shallower (with the same spring to compensate for the smaller ball installed in the Butler Pumps so debris does not hang them open) you basically put even less preload on the spring so the pressure went even lower.

You should have shallow cover, smaller diameter ball, and purple spring stock from Butler.
Then if you add a spring washer shim to that set-up you should be able to bump the oil pressure up even a bit more.

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