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opelspyder · 04-15-2007

As far as I remember, the gear does spin clockwise, and you can use a distributor shaft to do this as well. Why would it mess up the oil pump shaft??? This is how the engine gets it oil and the best way I know to make sure you are getting oil to the lifters. If they did spin it backwards, I still do not think it could damage the gears, unless they did it for 4 hours at 10,000rpms???? I've built a few engines doing this method, basically after you fill the thing with oil, you can pour oil into the distributor hole too to get oil around the pump as well, GTJIm I have lost you on that one.
Keith

Sorry to break up the subject-I personnally might trailer it without ever attempting to start it, just to let the new owner have the thrill of doing it, but then they wouldn't know if it really ran all that sweet.

04-15-2007	#59 (permalink)
opelspyder Opel Key Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,301	Distributor spinning As far as I remember, the gear does spin clockwise, and you can use a distributor shaft to do this as well. Why would it mess up the oil pump shaft??? This is how the engine gets it oil and the best way I know to make sure you are getting oil to the lifters. If they did spin it backwards, I still do not think it could damage the gears, unless they did it for 4 hours at 10,000rpms???? I've built a few engines doing this method, basically after you fill the thing with oil, you can pour oil into the distributor hole too to get oil around the pump as well, GTJIm I have lost you on that one. Keith Sorry to break up the subject-I personnally might trailer it without ever attempting to start it, just to let the new owner have the thrill of doing it, but then they wouldn't know if it really ran all that sweet.