oil priming

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:23 am

Was a bit concerned about priming the new engine as it'd been sitting for so long and turning it probably moved the original grease packing in the oil pump.

Purchased a tool that attaches to a cordless drill and the top of the pump which seems to have done the trick nicely - 30 secs of spinning and then could feel the drill slow down as it tried to pull cold 20/50.

5988 · Post by **5988** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:57 pm

Interesting - any link to what you bought - might be useful as its 3 years since I built my engine - well will be by the time it runs later this year

Alicerover · Post by **Alicerover** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:01 pm

A cheap and easy way is to make your own, take an old distributor, strip it down so you just have the shaft and use that to drive the oil pump

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Mon May 07, 2012 9:13 pm

5988 - PM your address and I'll send if over you can paypal the postage. when done send it back!

firemanshort · Post by **firemanshort** » Thu May 10, 2012 2:58 am

I made my own. I took the largest metal rod that would fit in my drill (7/16" I think). I took a grinding wheel and cut a notch in the end of the rod that sort of looks like the end of the distributer.

It worked no problem.

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