Dave Yealy wrote:
>
> I'm putting a "used" 1275 into the bugeye. The engine has been sitting > for
>14+ years.
> Does the pump have to be primed?
Yes. Remove the banjo bolt where the oil pipe (or oil cooler line) bolts
to the block (not the filter)
Squirt an ounce or 2 or motor oil down the hole, this is a direct bore
to the oil pump. Caution, 1 qt will not fit, it will spill out the top.
Replace the bolt/pipe and fire it up.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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