Turning intermediate shaft pressurize oil system?

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Yes you can do that, obviously the timing belt has to come off.  

The old Chevy V8 trick is to insert a long screwdriver shaft (handle cut off) in a drill and run
the pump through the dizzy hole.  That'd certainly work on our cars - 8V's at least, not 16V's.  

Spinning the int shaft pulley works too, but on 8V's it requires realignment when the t-belt is
reinstalled.

Ron

--- Rick Kellner <rfkellner@snet.net> wrote:
> A few listers have shared some great tricks to run the oil pump via the
> distributor hole (which was my original question) however; I was
> wondering if the intermediate shaft could be turned (at the pulley) and
> fill all the journals?  I am not trying to get the motor up to operating
> pressure, only trying to supply sufficient lubrication to turn the cam
> and crank by hand.
> This motor (JH) has sat for quite a while and I want to make sure
> everything is lubricated before I turn it by hand.  As a side note to
> all the people that offered suggestions, the cylinders and crank case
> are filled with oil and will continue to 'soak' for a while.
>  
> Thanks, Rick 
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