[Mgs] no oil pressure

[don]

My '62 MGA has been sitting for way too long.  I put new Interstate 
6V batteries in it, as the old ones were goners.  I removed 
sparkplugs, and did some tinkering to get the starter switch working 
again.  So, engine spins, but no oil pressure.  I have had this 
happen before when the car sat a long time.  I primed the oil system 
before, but I can't remember the best way to do it.  Unlike most 
MGAs, the Mk IIs have large rubber flexible hoses that go to an oil 
cooler (similar to an MGB setup).  Anybody out there know best way to 
get oil into the oil pump?

Also, in my stash of parts I find several sets of NOS NGK BP6ES 
plugs.  I know these fit MGBS, but are they suitable for MGA as well?

I hope to get it roadworthy again in hopes of trading it towrds/for a 
nice (better than "driver") early steel-dash MGB roadster.  My MGA is 
what you would call a "driver", but it is unusual in its being never 
hit or rusted, nor suffered shoddy body repairs.

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Don Scott
Calistoga CA
2001 Miata SE BRG
1973 MGB GT
1962 MGA Mk II