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No oil pressure post oil change (with pics). Any ideas on what happened?

Problem solved! Recommended intermediate shaft and installed shaft were different lengths. Pump primed and fired up with more pressure than it's ever had at idle. I let it get to ~110 before shutting it off as I thought the pressure was excessive (it dropped once it warmed up). Per all the comments above; I contacted Milodon about the torque specs. I was told "Spark plug tight. Snug plus 1/4 turn." Also from the above comments; after following the Milodon directions, I spun the pump by hand with a screw driver and intermediate shaft with no gear. Next I spun it with a drill and monitored oil pressure. Several over precautionary steps in between and it's happy!

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This highly depends on the filter used and if it has a by-pass or not. I was using a fram HP1 with bypass and everything was contaminated. Now I use a system one filter.
You will learn in time.
 
Problem solved! Recommended intermediate shaft and installed shaft were different lengths. Pump primed and fired up with more pressure than it's ever had at idle. I let it get to ~110 before shutting it off as I thought the pressure was excessive (it dropped once it warmed up). Per all the comments above; I contacted Milodon about the torque specs. I was told "Spark plug tight. Snug plus 1/4 turn." Also from the above comments; after following the Milodon directions, I spun the pump by hand with a screw driver and intermediate shaft with no gear. Next I spun it with a drill and monitored oil pressure. Several over precautionary steps in between and it's happy!

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Most have to reinvent the wheel lol.
 
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