Cranked over a newly rebuilt engine, with an oil coooler. Ignition not connected. Primed the oil pump. Cranked for about 15 seconds did not see the oil pressure gauge move. Took the oil cooler hose o
I had this problem. On my motor (1500) I took out the dizzy and drive gear and ran the pump with a drill (counterclockwise) and got a lot of resistance. I took my oil cooler thomostat off and it most
Priming the pump is good. Do the dry crank without the plugs in to eliminate compression (saves your starter, too). It takes 30 - 50 seconds for the oil pressure to come up, definitely not 15. When
In a message dated 7/20/2004 6:27:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, wjhs1960@comcast.net writes: Is thing workin or is it dead????? You just want to hear that I fried the thing, don't you? I wasn't going