Austin Healey 3000 Engine Build

[strictlypersonl]

When we did rebuilds like this, we simply left the "sparking" plugs out for the initial crank until the oil pressure came up. Very little stress on the bearings. Just use pre-lube on the cam.

[Jac Mac]

Excaliber,

Remove the oil pressure sender unit, screw in a hose fitting and about 3 or 4 feet of plastic hose line. Fit a similar hose end to the cap of a quart oil container or reasonable size funnel. Hang the container/funnel from the roof or hoist overnite with some oil in it to drain into the motor [ The higher the better-You may have to puncture a bleed hole in the base of the container- a block drain tap fitted here would be ideal- you could go to some trouble to make a permanent one of these if you do a bit of british stuff ]
When you arrive back in the morning you should be able to see how much has gone into the pressure side of the system- now wind the motor back a couple of turns to pull some lube back into the oil pump gears to help prime the them, leave connected for another 1/2 hour, then remove and you should be good to GO!

Jac Mac

[mylesdw]

Why not just remove the pushrods and spark plugs and prime by spinning on the starter; no load on the cam lobes at all then.