318 LA rebuild after losing a valve seat

Might be easier to prime your engine out of the car. Would be good to have a friend come by and slowly hand crank turn the engjne over while you are running the priming drill that spins the oil pump.

This way it fills all the oil gallies and pumps up the lifters too. You will feel the drill grab good when it starts pumping the oil.

Then all primed up, can easily drop the distributor in while standing there. Then put the engine in the car.