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Re: Priming a New Motor with Oil
[Re: feets]
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06/17/11 11:56 AM
06/17/11 11:56 AM
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When Andrewh and I prelubed the Imperial it simply wasn't possible to get to the crank well enough to turn the engine over. After we built up oil pressure we jumped the starter relay and turned the engine with the starter.
This is actually how I do it all the time. And if you use a remote starter button at the relay you can actually keep the drill running while you turn the engine over.
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Re: Priming a New Motor with Oil
[Re: 67Satty]
#1014357
06/17/11 12:11 PM
06/17/11 12:11 PM
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Upper Midwest
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Again, thanks for all the tips and info everyone!
I have another stupid question. If I prime the motor one day, then wait a few days or a week or whatever to start the motor, do I have to prime again before I start it?
In other words, does it all drain back down requiring me to reprime if I don't get to starting the motor for awhile? Or, is it primed once it's done once? Thanks!
Do you reprime after you have left a running engine sit a few days????? 
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Re: Priming a New Motor with Oil
[Re: MoparforLife]
#1014358
06/17/11 12:18 PM
06/17/11 12:18 PM
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California
mickm
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Again, thanks for all the tips and info everyone!
I have another stupid question. If I prime the motor one day, then wait a few days or a week or whatever to start the motor, do I have to prime again before I start it?
In other words, does it all drain back down requiring me to reprime if I don't get to starting the motor for awhile? Or, is it primed once it's done once? Thanks!
Do you reprime after you have left a running engine sit a few days?????
in other words...
no. 
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Re: Priming a New Motor with Oil
[Re: 67Satty]
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06/17/11 01:05 PM
06/17/11 01:05 PM
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That's what I thought but something about firing up something I've got $4000+ into and get be wrecked with one wrong move makes me overly paranoid.
How much is invested other vehicles that are left sitting for days and months on end???? Yours or other people. Vehicles sit for long periods and fired right up.
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Re: Priming a New Motor with Oil
[Re: 67Satty]
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06/28/11 10:45 PM
06/28/11 10:45 PM
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RapidRobert
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turn it till the dist rotor is at #6 w timing marks at TDC & run the drill again & see if the pass side will now oil
Last edited by RapidRobert; 06/28/11 10:47 PM.
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Re: Priming a New Motor with Oil
[Re: 67Satty]
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06/29/11 12:02 AM
06/29/11 12:02 AM
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Bend,OR USA
Cab_Burge
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OK guys I have another question after priming it with my drill and hex tool. I got decent oil pressure to show up on my gauge pretty quickly.
What I'm wondering now is shouldn't I be seeing some oil showing up on the top of my heads somewhere with the valve covers off while I am doing this?
I had the drill spinning CCW and I tried rotating the motor over by hand to different positions several times. My passenger side head looks dry as a bone and my drivers side head looks oily (but I can't tell if that is from when I added the oil).
If it makes any difference, I am running the 440source rockers and 7 quart pan (with 7 quarts added).
Thanks for any advice!
Pull all of the spark plugs out and remove both valve covers, start priming the motor and while priming it turn the crankshaft over clockwise very slowly until you hear the drill motor noise change, that is when the oil will be going up the oil passages to the rocker shafts, one at a time  Once the drill motor sounds different stop and let it run the oil in the shafts until you like what you see or when it starts leaking onto the floor  The rocker shafts are oil once every camshaft revolution or once for every other crankshaft revolution I now have my camshafts grooved all the way around on the number four cam journal so they will oil the rocker shafts full time lots of warnings on this post, some are valid and some are internet myths
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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