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
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