[Shop-talk] Fwd: [Spits] Oil Pump Priming-Maybe a dumb question

[bob at texmog.com (Bob Nogueira)]

Several years ago I attempted to "pre-oil' my newly rebuilt TR 4 engine by
removing the distributor gear and fabricating a rod to drive the oil pump.
Ended up covering myself in oil.   Apparently the oil is pumped up  from the
pump to the drive gear;  if a drive rod to the pump is of a smaller diameter
than the gear drive shaft the oil will shoot straight up into your face.
The solution was to locate an old drive gear and remove the shaft from the
gear and use just the shaft.   Once I figured that out it worked great.


Bob