something I did differently to prime the oil pump was unscrew the oil gallery plug at the rear and used a syringe to pump about 60ml of oil into the pump, i thought that this would be less messy than the other method mentioned elsewhere on other threads.

Ted, can you elaborate on the problems detected using a speed handle verses a power drill?

Darrell Howard Whitefish, MT Outlaw 56 Ford F-100's

If the oil pump gears are not meshing smoothly or there’s a light binding taking place, this can be detected much easier when turning the pump over with a hand driven speed handle.  Some of those oil pump issues do not show up when using a hand drill to prime the engines.  I’ve found issues with several new and out of the box oil pumps while turning them over by hand that would have gone undetected if using a power drill instead.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Thats good to know. Thanks for the tip.

Darrell Howard Whitefish, MT Outlaw 56 Ford F-100's

One more vote for the old dizzy with a nut welded to the shaft as that is all I use now.  I used to use a 1/4" drive bit until it came off once and ended up in the lifter valley, I had to take the intake off to get it out.  Sorry if you don't have an old distributor to use, but it is well worth it to find one.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)







BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

well giv me a call i have a pre lube kit use a 302 oil pump with a filter and plativ resevour, pre lub your engine threw the oil pressure  gauge sender hole, loan it out to my frends . 778 574 1940 cliff

And if anyone is curious, there are tools specifically for the job:http://www.summitracing.com/search?SortBy=BestKeywordMatch&SortOrder=Ascending&keyword=ford%20oil%20pump%20primer



Lawrenceville, GA

I sort of preferred using my "speed handle" .It was very easy, and turning by hand, I was able to produce about 50 PSI.


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primeing oil pump,all 302 distributors will work to make a prelube shaft,even the later 302 roller  ones,which ar a bit longer.they work so well with no risks.

Charlie, good information.  I was not aware of these. Thanks Cliff, I am not to far from you.  I'll give you a call one of these days.  Never thought about a pre-luber.  I googled engine pre luber and there are lots of options for building your own.


Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia