b-body-bob
Well-known member
I think of priming as more of pre-flooding the passages. I've had my share of deep well water pumps that lose prime and cause trouble but I've never heard of an oil pump not taking off unless something is wrong with it. Once the motor fires it's spinning as far or faster than my little hand drill.
Maybe it was more debating myself over putting the intake on it first so I could use the lift plate bolted to the carb flange. I decided against that for now, probably until the day before I fire the motor. That's a piece of the cardboard out of my gasket kit covering the valley for the time being.



See in the last photo, the front of the k-frame isn't touching the cart so most of the weight is on the back wheels. After I've got the flywheel on I'll pick it all up and shove the cart reward as far as possible to get some more weight on the front wheels. To be safe I'll keep it hooked to the picker until I've got the transmission and jack under the far end of the assembly.
Maybe it was more debating myself over putting the intake on it first so I could use the lift plate bolted to the carb flange. I decided against that for now, probably until the day before I fire the motor. That's a piece of the cardboard out of my gasket kit covering the valley for the time being.



See in the last photo, the front of the k-frame isn't touching the cart so most of the weight is on the back wheels. After I've got the flywheel on I'll pick it all up and shove the cart reward as far as possible to get some more weight on the front wheels. To be safe I'll keep it hooked to the picker until I've got the transmission and jack under the far end of the assembly.