Better yet is to leave the spark plugs out until the oil light goes out or pressure is indicated on the gauge. Less strain on moving parts with no oil pressure. _____ From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of wuzmop@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:13 PM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: hershey news Congrats on the progress! You can prime it just by spinning it with the coil disconnected, until the oil pressure light goes off, before you do the initial start up. -----Original Message----- From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 4 May 2006 13:44:33 -0500 Subject: [tcb] hershey news so guess what i did last night with ol' hershey. i pushed him out of the shop (special note: that bus is a pain in the ass to push when in gear) and i finished building the long block. now all i lack is tin and i am not putting push rods and rockers on just yet because the guy that built the short block wants to prime the pump before starting it. but hopefully on tuesday or so of next week it will be hot tested and stabbed. then brakes which will be about two days worth of work. oh and to top it off i was looking at the tires and inspecting them and they look really good. i am debating on if i want to unload that amount of money on new tires right now or drive it with the ones i got. i don't plan on driving it much out of town right now, maybe to work which is going not much over 55 the whole way for 37 miles. get the motor good and broken in then go over it and check torque specs on everything. i am getting so freaking excited i couldn't sleep last night. i am building this thing to exact specs and i am comparing everything between bentley and the idiots guide. YIPPEEEE. I WON'T BE PUSHING HER TO MUCH LONGER. _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/