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- 1998
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- ford
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Got the rebuilt engine back from the machine shop. The machinist who did the work said to fill the oil filter up screw it onto the engine tilted on its side on the engine stand and then tilt it 180 degrees the other way and that should prime the pump and then crank the engine once in the vehicle, with plugs out until the oil pressure goes up. I did that but no oil pressure. I cranked on it for about 15 seconds three times and once for about 30 seconds. Not wanting to run it any more like that, I took the oil pump out and primed it and ran it with a 1/2 inch impact on the oil pump until I snapped the pulley bolt off. I then slotted a socket to fit over the pin and drove it with a drill until I got oil up to the cam. I'm waiting for a new oil pump to come in to complete the job. The question I have is what kind of damage, if any, could have happened.
