I have a 207 ci engine that I had rebuilt a little better than 2 1/2 maybe 3 years ago and now I want to get it started. I know that I have let it set to long but now I'm wandering if I should circulate the oil prior to my first start. Can anybody offer an opinion as to if that would be the right thing? If so could anybody offer an opinion if this might be a proper tool to do so? Any other considerations I should consider like break in oil? Thanks in advance.
All you need is a screwdriver blade you can chuck up in a drill and place down the oil pump shaft, engage the oil pump, and operate until you have full oil flow throughout the engine. Then install the distributer and start the engine. Make sure you have oil pressure and if not shut it down and find out why. Good luck, and if you have problems, return here.
Ray's suggestion applies to any engine that has been sitting unused for a lengthy time. Most GM engines this is a easy task but some other manufacturers by design this is not possible. Tony
I agree, when i got my 1929, previous owner supplied me with a dowel rod that had a slot in it. wood had some oil/grease on one end. i was baffled, but learned it was his priming tool. put it in a power drill and spun up the pump till oil came to the top and flowed smoothly. then drop in distributor (properly aligning and setting) then fire in the hole.
i was a little weary on breaking the dowel or splintering it. so i did a CAD sketch and had a friend make me a priming tool out of a piece of scrap stainless rod. works great i use my small 12v drill and works like a charm !! even used it to do a pump test on a few pumps i recently rebuilt. i used the stock distributor shaft to make my tool from, so everything mates up nicely.
the last picture is of the little test rig i built, scrap wood and such. you can see my primer tool sticking out the top of the oil pump.
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I believe the later drive is for a "tang" as that is what I used for my 32 . I used an old push rod -cut the ends off and flattened one end to form the tang.
i use my small 12v drill and works like a charm !! even used it to do a pump test on a few pumps i recently rebuilt. i used the stock distributor shaft to make my tool from, so everything mates up nicely.
