Abstract: An improved lubrication system in a pump including a blocking rod mounted between seats on the pump frame and the swash plate, the rod having a channel therethrough from one seat to the other and a fluid conduit coupling the channel to a source of lubrication fluid at the seat on the pump frame. Each piston is connected to the swash plate by an axial connecting rod and the swash plate is provided with internal conduits coupling each rod seat on the swash plate to the swash plate blocking rod seat to provide lubrication to the connecting rods. Each connecting rod can also be provided with an internal channel to conduct fluid to its seat at the piston end.