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knightowl73

02-20-2011 10:55 PM

dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

ok so i waas tryna prime my oil pump today and could only get the driver side to prime, so i ggogled it. found out that i gotta have the tool to prime the passenger side cus the oil will just drain down to the pan.

upon finding this info, i ran across this pic

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-.../PrimeTool.JPG

does anyone know what the hell this comes out of? just cusrious, never seen this and looks like where you screw in a speedo cable.

MalibuSSwagon

02-20-2011 11:09 PM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

Corvettes from the 60s thru 70s I believe, had mechanical tachs driven by that output

jitteryguy

02-21-2011 04:05 AM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

what was you use'n to prime it ? I made my primer out of an old dist. I just weld'd a nut to the top of the shaft. I put a socket on a cordless drill and spin it pretty fast, some time's it takes a while to get all the push rod to suqirt oil.
I dont know what they mean bout it will just run back to the pan, thats what it's spose'd to do .

mongoose

02-21-2011 04:16 AM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

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the dist shaft controls a oil gallery that's why some of it is machined...

but yeah get a broken dist chop out all the guts, get rid of the gears.. and you have yourself a primer for free pretty much..

James McClure

02-21-2011 09:18 AM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

Do what Mongoose did for a primer. As far as your question about the cable mounting boss on the distributor Malibu has it 100% correct. jim

knightowl73

02-21-2011 02:15 PM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

yea im gettin ready to go and make mine now lol

Doug_J

02-21-2011 02:53 PM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

Im pretty sure to get oil to all the lifters you gotta turn the motor as you prime it, like as in put a socket on the balancer nut an turn the crank while someone primes it.

Big Port Jimmy 6

02-21-2011 11:55 PM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

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Originally Posted by Doug_J (Post 4502509)

Im pretty sure to get oil to all the lifters you gotta turn the motor as you prime it, like as in put a socket on the balancer nut an turn the crank while someone primes it.

Nope. Jay

knightowl73

02-22-2011 02:42 PM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

i took a old distributor and made one, didnt take but about 3-4 minutes to get it to come out the passenger side, and i didnt have to turn the motor either. now i just gotta finish wiring the FI system and i should be up and running.

spudz

02-22-2011 03:42 PM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

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Originally Posted by Big Port Jimmy 6 (Post 4504026)

Nope. Jay

YEP...sometimes you have to do this to get oil to come out all the pushrods on a fresh motor.

chevy_mike

02-22-2011 10:56 PM

Re: dizzy with speedo cable? wtf???

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Originally Posted by spudz (Post 4505391)

YEP...sometimes you have to do this to get oil to come out all the pushrods on a fresh motor.

x2 :metal:

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