>Ross:
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>To help prime the oil pump on your TC, Pack it with vaseline. This works
>very well. Vaseline is a pure petroleum product, and will blend in with
>your motor oil when it warms up. If it is at all possible, pre-pressure oil
>the engine, before you turn it over. I make a rube goldberg unit out of an
>old pressure tank. I pour in a couple quarts of oil. Then I put in three
>quarts in the engine. Put air pressure in the tank. I use 90 psi. Hook a
>line onto the oil line at rear of the head.Open the valve on the bottle and
>wait for the engine to pre oil. With the valve cover off, you will see oil
>comming out the top of the rockers. When the bottle runs out of oil and
>spits air,
Again I say PRELUBE.. This technique works great, for the rockers etc.
but due the fact that a fluid(oil) will follow the path of least
resistance (open galleys to the rockers) the bearings will get some lube
but not enough. That
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