also after you know there is pressure turn it over by hand a couple of time's, have a fully charged batt. and prime carb. 
Oil priming question
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Melting Slicks
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Oil priming question
I'm getting ready to fire up my engine after a 2 year sitting period and want to oil prime the engine first. A while back I remember someone on the forum mentioning that they converted an old distributor and used it to prime their engine. Does anyone remember how they did this and what the procedure is to use it. If I remember correctly it had something to do with removing the gear from the distributor shaft. I have my old HEI laying around that I replaced with a Proform distributor and figured I would use that one to do it with. Thanks guys.
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From: In Dreams There Is Truth Ohio
girind the distributor gear....that is no gears, you don't want the cam to be rotating...also pull the shaft and take the plate out and all the guts, reassemble the shaft and the ground gear...what you have is the housing, the shaft and the ground gear....then attach a 1/2" drill....don't waste your time with a 3/8"
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by grayhook
if you dont have a old dist. to use, think it was bob77 that posted it before. get a cheap long flat head screwdriver and cut off the handle. chuck it up in a good drill and go at it. 
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Summit has them
http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...part=MOR-62200
MOR-62200
$13.88
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Brand: Moroso
Product Line: Moroso Oil Pump Primers
Quantity: Sold individually.
Build up oil pressure before initial start-up.
Oil Pump Primer, Chevy, Small Block/Big Block/V6, Each
When building a new engine, you want to make sure you have oil pressure before initial start-up. The only correct way to do this is with an oil pump primer. Simply remove the distributor and install the primer to engage the oil pump and spin it with a drill to prime the engine with oil. Made from high strength steel with a black oxide finish.
MOR-62200
$13.88
Estimated Ship Date: Today
Overview
Brand: Moroso
Product Line: Moroso Oil Pump Primers
Quantity: Sold individually.
Build up oil pressure before initial start-up.
Oil Pump Primer, Chevy, Small Block/Big Block/V6, Each
When building a new engine, you want to make sure you have oil pressure before initial start-up. The only correct way to do this is with an oil pump primer. Simply remove the distributor and install the primer to engage the oil pump and spin it with a drill to prime the engine with oil. Made from high strength steel with a black oxide finish.
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I have done this before. All I did was drive out the roll pin and pop the gear and washers off. Then tear off the autocam plate and hook up the drill. It helps to pack the oil pump with Lubriplate before assy. The job goes pretty quickly that way.
-Mark.
-Mark.
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Originally Posted by grayhook
if you dont have a old dist. to use, think it was bob77 that posted it before. get a cheap long flat head screwdriver and cut off the handle. chuck it up in a good drill and go at it.
no not me....i would only use a real priming tool or a cut off distributor you need to get oil pressure to the rockers....
i primed it three seperate times for at least 8 minutes each time until i got oil flowing from all the rockers on both sides. i even rotated the crankshaft in between pumpings for good measure
this is 1/2 drill in an old HEI
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I bought the oil pump primer tool that's in the GM Performance Parts catalog.
When you spin the oil pump with the tool and electric drill motor, wouldn't it be a good idea to turn the flywheel by hand for, say a couple of revs? Seems you might have to do that to get oil in the hydraulic lifters. I have a ZZ4 with hydraulic rollers.
Thanks
When you spin the oil pump with the tool and electric drill motor, wouldn't it be a good idea to turn the flywheel by hand for, say a couple of revs? Seems you might have to do that to get oil in the hydraulic lifters. I have a ZZ4 with hydraulic rollers.
Thanks
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The original distributor is laying around in my garage, it's shot so that's the one I am going to use. Tommorrow I'll pull it out and take it apart and see how it goes, just need to get my hands on a 1/2" drill. My daughter's boyfriend installs commercial A/C units so I'll borrow his this weekend hopefully.
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From: New Cumberland PA
Originally Posted by GDaina
if you don't have an old distributor, go to a bone yard....5-10 bucks ought to buy you a scrap piece....you don't need anything that works.
Last edited by mandm1200; Apr 28, 2005 at 12:55 AM.
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primers are a waste of $$$$.....they are not stable, they wobble, and you get splash back through the distributor hole...the gutted distributor is a the trick....no wobble, stable, no back splash.
I was in a bone yard found a crusty, rusty distributor, paid 5 bucks.
I was in a bone yard found a crusty, rusty distributor, paid 5 bucks.
Melting Slicks
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From: New Cumberland PA
Originally Posted by GDaina
primers are a waste of $$$$.....they are not stable, they wobble, and you get splash back through the distributor hole...the gutted distributor is a the trick....no wobble, stable, no back splash.
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Originally Posted by mandm1200
The one I purchased is much different then what you are describing. I paid about $18/$19 with shipping. The shaft is at least 3/8" thick. The top has a cover that fits over the distributor opening to help keep it from wobbling. It only took just a few minutes to order and it arrived at my door. With that said, if a boneyard would have had an old ditributor for $5 and it was a local junkyard I may have gone that route. I consider myself to be cheap but not stupid. I'll rationalize over the whole cost/time. In an effort to save $10, it would have cost me at least $8 for: gas, wear, and tear, etc; plus the additional 1/2 to 3/4 hour. Now if you're not in a rush and you make regular trips to the junkyard, then an old distributor makes cents (sense).
What owner of a Vette DOESN"T make regular trips to a junkyard???
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Originally Posted by GDaina
primers are a waste of $$$$.....they are not stable, they wobble, and you get splash back through the distributor hole...the gutted distributor is a the trick....no wobble, stable, no back splash.
I was in a bone yard found a crusty, rusty distributor, paid 5 bucks.
I was in a bone yard found a crusty, rusty distributor, paid 5 bucks.
Melting Slicks
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I never used the word 'stupid' and George in the same sentence. You are reading way, way too much into it. Doing that would get me banned for life. Can they do that since I just signed up for a lifetime membership?