[Pfroman]

Hello All again.

I am finally back to addressing my oiling problems and was hoping one of I you gents might be able to clear something up for me. I pulled the heads off and have them at the machine shop for a valve job- hoping that will clear up my rattle. I did have something rattling around in #5 cylinder creating havoc. I still have good compression in it so I am going to let that fly.

My question is- If I turn the distributor shaft with a drill, will that bring oil all the way up to the special bolt in the head, or will it just bring the oil to the rear cam bearing (priming) for the cam bearing to force it to the head. If I turn the crank by hand will that push any oil up there or do I need significant oil pressure from the pump?

I am really trying to get this oil issue settled while the heads are off, so any comments are appreciated. I am hoping to NOT find a spun rear cam bearing (is there any way to tell if that has happened while I have the top end out of it??)