John:
If you dont have pressure oiling equipt, then your plan is the second best
one.
I obtained an old steel oil pressure bottle with a schrader valve. then
welded a simple valve onto it. Too this I attached a stock MG oil flex
line. I pour about two quarts of HD SAE 30 oil into the bottle. Put the
other two quarts into the crankcase. Then attach the oil flex hose to the
oil pressure line nipple to the engine. Put about 50/90 psi of air into the
bottle via the schrader valve. Then open the other valve and allow the
bottle to pressurize the oiling system. Once completed,you hit the starter
and get instant oil pressure in the engine,thus prolonging and setting the
life of the cam and lifters. Bring the engine up smartly to 1500-2000 RPM.
Dont run at less that this for the first hour of operation. Then reset the
idle to approx. 1000 RPM.
I hope that this helps.
Cheers:
Skip..........At 09:10 AM 9/23/97 -0400, John Middlesworth wrote:
>I have an idea about how to prime my freshly rebuilt engine and I thought
>I'd see if anyone else has done it and if there are any drawbacks.
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>I want to avoid scuffing up my new camshaft so I plan to get everything in
>place in the engine bay but hold off on installing lifters and pushrods.
>Then I'll take out the spark plugs and turn over the engine until I get
>decent oil pressure. Then it's a matter of putting in the plugs, lifters
>(with plenty of cam lube) and pushrods and trying to start the engine for
>real. It sounds like a very practical plan, but am I missing something?
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>John Middlesworth
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