priming oil pump

[rattlesnake]

When priming the oil pump on the 440. I have the resistance on the drill I think is proper. How do I know when it is primed enough? Should I have oil coming all the way up to the rockers or even in the oil pressure hose? When do I quit?

Thanks Ray

[Chryco Psycho]

30 seconds will fill everything except the rocker shafts , you have to rotate the cam the exact right position to feed up to the shafts , it is only fed every second turn of the crank & even then it has to be in the exact position to line up the 2 holes

[rattlesnake]

praciate u psycho

[cudabob496]

I put a temp oil gauge on the block.
I rotated my crank 30 degrees, got oil pressure
up to around 60 I think, with the variable speed drill,
held pressure for a minute, then rotated crank another
30 degrees, and repeated process, untill crank rotated 360 degrees.

[Topcat]

I recently read on the Internet How one person recommended To fill the oil shafts with oil and gob grease to hold in there Until the engine fires.