>Or do what I did - build a small pressure tank that injects oil into the
>engine and fully primes the pump and fills all the galleys and bearings
>prior to even turning the engine over. Mine was a PVC pipe with a tire
>valve stem on one end, pipe adapters on the other with 3/8" pipe fittings,
>a gauge and a valve, with adapters to fit where your oil pressure gauge
>goes into the engine. Fill half full of oil, pressurize to about 60 psi,
>hook it up, open the valve the pressurize the engine, then turn over your
>starter and see if the engine is generating oil pressure. Works great.
>
>Frank
> '59 TR3 TS55223L
> '54 Swallow Doretti, #1020
A hand-pump-up garden sprayer with suitable fittings works well for this. In
fact, we used to put a few quarts into the engine with the sprayer to make
sure all the passages were oiled.
John H.
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