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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 09:56 PM
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Hadn't seen that particular video before. I thought it was the pitch for their oil priming system(visible on top of the engine in the first scene) but then it wasn't. That's a good idea. I was referring to pressure-filling through the engine, but that may not be necessary.
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Old Mar 17, 2017 | 05:36 PM
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New pump in, pinned the crank, installed front cover and balancer, turned the motor over with the starter and had oil pressure on my mechanical gauge after ~10 seconds of cranking. Time for reassembly. Hopefully rest of the process is smooth sailling.
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Congrats; nice that it was fairly simple...even if it still required a lot of work. How much pressure did you achieve just with the starter?
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Old Mar 18, 2017 | 08:50 AM
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40+psi with a small leak on the gauge fitting. I didn't bother to see how high it would go. I fired the car really briefly last night and it was around 60psi cold idle.
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