Over the winter I removed my 272 and sent it over to a local machine shop who claimed to have experience in the imfamous Y, 3 months later I get back my engine (40 over, isky e4, and just about everything new, to the tune 0f 3500.00), I install the engine (with the tri power from ebay only to learn the manifold was cracked, then went back to the stock 2bbl), new clutch, pressure plate, bearing, and machined flywheel.

I start it up , ready to run for 20 mintues at 2,000 rpm as isky suggests with the zinc additive, only to find I have no oil pressure. I call the rebuilder and he says " It must have lost prime" , so i pack the oil pump with vasoline ( got some strange looks buying the family size jar) and i run it with a drill, I get 50lbs of oil pressure. Elated, i reinstall the dist set everything up , start it and vroom, sound great but the oil pressure started at 16lbs and dropped to zero, i shut it right down.

i figure maybe he didn't change the intermidiate rod and maybe it wasn't going into the dist far enough, but that was not the case, I reprime the pump and try again, still no oil pressure.

Any words of wisdom that may save the rebuilders nose from getting broken?

Helpppppppp,

Mike

 I'm on a Lowwwww Budget