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Once all the heavy lifting is done, clean out oil pan, oil pump and pick screen and check the distributor for wear then pan filled with oil you can use a drill to turn the shaft thus priming the system. Hook up a battery to the starter and ground and while the drill is priming the oiling system use a hand held switch to activate the starter (remove the spark plugs first) and in just a minute or two you can prime the entire system. You may want to remove a valve cover to actually see oil coming up thru the pushrods and also make sure the valves are moving in proportion to one another. Hope this helps and best of luck with your iron.