I finally got it.
I pulled the shafts out and primed. Did not work
Turned it and it’s still didn’t work
so I turned the engine while priming like you guys said.
oil shot up about a foot in the air when it hit one spot.
I switched the shafts around and put them in correctly with notch down and to the left. I was getting oil to 6 rockers. I took a look at it and in switching I got the left and right rockers mixed up. Was thinking that could happen and wouldn’t be a big deal. Easy fix.
Pulled the rocker back off and fixed that. Soaked all 8 on one side
then went to the other side and turned the engine again. Oil shot up about a foot. so I’m getting good flow now and it’s primed.
The takeaway from this. The cam has to be in one exact position to shoot oil up. Even a tiny bit off and it would not flow. Next time I would prime without the shafts on and when I fount the spot. I would put the shafts on after. Then switch sides. I would also go slower with the drill so it wouldn’t shoot up so far.
When doing it by yourself and having to go slow. I found it really hard to get the exact spot. I had to prime while turning……then stop….and then prime again while turning. If I did this a lot I could probably get it with the shafts on.
priming the engine with a drill. It took less than 5 seconds to prime the shafts after the hole was found.
Thank you gentlemen for your help on this.
