Quote Originally Posted by BigTruckDriver
I have pulled the plugs and the valve covers to squirt Marvels mystery oil and regular oil in the valve train and combustion chambers. I will be trying to crank her up in a couple days, What else am I missing? Can I pull the plugs and turn the engine over to get the oil pumping through the bearings or should I pull the dist? Would it be a good idea to lightly tap on all the valves to make sure nothing is sticking?
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I needed the same advice plus info on the fuel pump.
I have a 1976 Chevy 454 in a 1986 Chevy pickup it got to where it wouldn’t get gas to the carburetor, I put a new pump on it but it still wouldn’t start. I could put gas in the carburetor and it would run until the gas was gone, I tried to prime the pump by filling as much gas as I could get in the line going back to the pump but it still wouldn’t run. I bought a new electric pump but didn’t put it on. Now several years have gone by and I was wondering about priming the engine before trying to start it.

I figured the tank or line must have been plugged so I’m not going to try using the tank until I can get it oiled up. The fuel pump has two lines if I hook a line from a gas can to the pump do I block one line off or what. I think that one line is a little smaller. Does this make sense or were there two lines because of the twin tanks or was it a return line? I’m going to take the advice on priming because the guy that put the engine in the truck had it rebuilt and I do not want to damage it. I would like to save this engine to put in my 50 Ford. Thanks in advance

Richard
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how about a chevy in a ford