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Old 06-08-2016, 04:45 PM   #41
Willie Makeit
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Re: $2000 budget to start

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Originally Posted by Low Elco View Post
Another good trick for priming the oil is to pull all the plugs and the power to the coil, then let the starter spin until you see pressure at the gauge. No load on it, it whizzes right over. Hook it all back up and see what happens!
the whole point of priming the oil pump before turning it over is to prevent metal to metal contact ... if you're spinning the entire engine and there is no oil pressure, guess what you got? metal to metal contact
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