And i don't think he did prime the pump. I got it as a long block and finished the rest. I put first oil in motor

FROM A CAMERO FORUM DISCUSSING 502 OIL PRIMING.


Jeff,
Is the tool you purchased just a small shaft that spins the pump ? If so you will never get oil to the rockers. You need a tool that has a collar to simulate the bottom of the distributor housing. The distributor housing actually seals up one of the lifter galleys.

This is what the tool should look like:
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...54806_-1_10455

you should feel the drill bog down when it starts to build pressure,,sounds like someone did not prime the pump..i would pull the oil pan and pull the oil pump..then get some lucas oil treatment(the motor honey looking stuff) and fill the oil pump with it.. install the pump get a gallon jug with oil in it and hang it over the pump with the pick up in the oil and try to prime the engine again..your drill should bog down rite away..

I was actually using a old distributor. But the shaft that ran through the middle had about 1/8 around it. So it wasn't a sealed fit

Man!!! The motor is already in the boat!! I don't know why I didn't even think of it when I was working on it on the stand!! Excited I guess..

if you remove the pump you can pour oil in it and turn it by hand,turn it both ways about 10 turns each way.you will feel it when the pump gears are coated with the oil.the stuff fixx mentioned will work but i just use oil.

i have something similar,,i took a old dist and machined off the gear on the end and the aluminum part that held the module and pu coil..it slides rite in and i bolt it down and then i use my 1/2'' milwaukee 120 v drill.. and it bogs it down pretty good around 60 psi..

a 95 engine would be a gen5 so don,t worry about the dist seal deal,it is not like the mark4 block.

i have a air powered oil sump that has a over head reel that i use to pump oil into cars.. your going to need to some how remove the oil filter and pump and force oil into the engine through the filter..when i worked for a gm dealer back in the mid 90's we had a guy that did the same thing except he started the engine and it had no pressure..he asked for help and i used over head oil pump the force oil through the block through the oil filter housing..a few pumps and the engine had oil pressure..

wow the engine is already in the boat,BUMMER.there is a way to prime the pump without removing the engine.the easiest way would be to overfill the engine with oil so the oil pump is totally submerged in oil,then use the priming tool and simply prime the pump.after you get pressure just suck out the xtra oil.when you are putting the priming tool into the pump are you sure it is engaging in the pump?