[AMC-list] Pumping Up Oil Before Starting a Stored Engine

[Matt Shumaker <mshumaker@xxxxx>]

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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:52:05 -0700
From: Chuck Noll//<cnoll99@xxxxxxx>//
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Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Engine prep before startup
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On 10/11/14 12:02 PM,//amc-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx//  wrote:
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/Thanks for the advise guys I will follow it. I also seem to recall that
you can remove the distributor and use a flat blade in a drill to spin
the oil pump to get oil into the engine without cranking it over. Am I
wrong about this? Is it a good idea or a bad one? First I have to
replace the wire harness before I can do anything. I have heard some say
that is fairly easy and others say it is not. We shall see.
Chuck/

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You're right about using a flat blade screwdriver to turn the oil pump 
before starting an engine that's been in storage, Chuck.  I always try 
to do that with an engine that I've just assembled so it won't start 
dry, even though I have glurped it up with assembly lube.  The problem 
with using a screwdriver is that it is difficult to keep it in the oil 
pump's slot and also to turn it fast enough. What I did with an AMC 360 
V8 was to buy a junk distributor.  Then I cut off the aluminum housing 
above the boss where it fits into the block.  Then I turned down the top 
of the distributor shaft so I could chuck it into a 1/2 inch drill.  
(That does not need to be exact.  Using a drill and a file or just a 
file will be OK.)  Then I engaged the shaft into the oil pump and fit 
the distributor housing into the block.  With the drill on low speed, I 
turned the oil pump until oil came out the tops of the push rods.
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