Re: [Amc-list] We have brakes!!!!

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

CAN'T BE DONE ON A 196!! The distributor is at a right angle to the oil pump and is driven by its own gear, but off the same gear on the cam on the OHV. The cam has to turn in order to drive the pump, so there's no way to prime it with a drill. The L-head pump is directly in-line with the distributor, but you can't prime it either. The drive gear is on the oil pump, the distributor slides into the gear. Try to drive the oil pump and you'll be trying to turn the camshaft and the rest of the engine also. All you'll do is break either the drill or tool, and you don't want to break the end off your tool in that slot on the L-head (no slot or anything to put it in on the OHV). 

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Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:03:33 -0500
From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>

It would be a good idea to prime the oiling system before you start it. 
You can do that by yanking the distributor, cutting the handle off of a 
big flat head screw driver, chucking that in a drill, and using a drill 
to drive the oil pump. Once you see oil at the rocker shaft (you should 
be able to see it through the oil fill cap), you're done.

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