Re: [AMC-list] Engine assembly

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Hmm... I could rig up a one-time kludge even crapper than that :-) I don't
have air in my shop, but a paint can, soldered in brake line, a shrader
valve and a tire pump would do it. It only has to work once. Thanks for the
tip! And thanks to Bruce for bringing this up again.




On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 15:17, Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In either Car Craft or Hot Rod, they built a pre-lube bucket for use with a
> late model engine with the same problem. I think the contraption was nothing
> more that a 5 gallon bucket with oil in it, a hose and fitting to connect to
> the engine, and a hole to stick the end of a blow gun into to pressurize it.
> You could probably rig something up with a hand pump pressure sprayer like
> you use to to spray various garden chemicals if nothing else.
>
> Matt
>
> On 2/9/2010 1:15 PM, tom jennings spouted this sage advice:
> <snip>
>
>  set (about 10* BTDC), run it sans plugs until oil light blinks or oil
>>>>>
>>>> begins
>>>>
>>>>> weeping out the rockers ,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>  I disagree here too!! No matter how short a time spinning the engine
>>>
>> without
>>
>>> oil pressure is a gamble!!
>>>
>>
>> In Nate's defense, this was in response to me telling him that my engine,
>> you cannot spin up the oil pump with a chopped distributor; it's gear
>> driven
>> right off the camshaft. Not having a pressure system for pre-oil I don't
>> have a lot of choice.
>>
>
>
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