Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I removed the plugs, pre-filled a
new oil filter, triple checked the oil level and cranked the engine, no
improvement.
Removed the oil line to the gauge and the fitting on the block. Improvised
with what I had on hand and took a small funnel and attached it to some vacuum
hose scavenged off a 1970's era Parnelli Jones Vacuum gauge and poured oil in.
Reconnected everything. No Improvement.
Tonight I went out and bought a pump type oil can and will retry priming the
pump again. Perhaps my dribbling of oil through a vacuum hose was insufficient.
The only thing I might have screwed up on is the oil filter itself. I changed
the oil in the BJ8, the BN4 and the Porsche all at the same time in an
assembly line fashion.
I assumed the oil filters were the same on the BJ8 and BN4. Both are spin on
adapters. The BN4 has an oil cooler fitted. Does this make a difference? The
oil cooler uses a boss under the spin on oil filter adapter, steel braided
lines to the cooler, not the same one shown in the Moss catalog. The cooler
probably came from Nock about ten years ago. Does anyone else have this oil
cooler?
I have an email in to David.
I built the car from boxes of parts with less hassle than this oil change is
costing me.....
Thanks,
Jim Werner
Louisville, KY
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