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SB 318 Oil Priming Issue (no oil getting up to the heads)

Moparfiend

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Engine 318 SB
Correct Oil Priming Tool for Mopar (fist right)
Moves freely by hand and build pressure as I spin it up with a drill
No oil comes out at the top end of the heads...

Plugs have been removed, I do have the oil pressure sending unit installed
Carburetor not installed and some openings on the manifold have NOT been plugged....

Ideas on why I can not get oil out tot he top of the heads and valve train?

Thanks,
The Moparfeind
 
You need to rotate the crank while priming. There is an oil galley hole in the cam that lines up evey 180° that feeds the rocker shafts.
 
You need to rotate the crank while priming. There is an oil galley hole in the cam that lines up evey 180° that feeds the rocker shafts.
OK so that means that there is an alignment issue and that there are only two positions on the crank that allows for oil to flow to the heads?
 
BINGO! Threewood your the man! Thanks so much I just went out and rotated the crank while I primed and there are two locations of the crank for the oil to flow one for each head! Its done thanks again man!!!!
 
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