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oil pump replacement..question.

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I have my motor out on a stand and I am replacing everything while i have it out. I am going to put a oil pump in it but I have a stupid question. I have replaced oil pumps before and have always primed them by putting oil in them first (motor still in car those times). My question is if i put it in while on the stand upside down how do i make sure it is primed when I go to start it for the first time. Can i just crankk the car over with coil wire of so it gets no spark? Or would that be a bad idea, whats the right way to do it?
 
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I use a drill with a socket and extension down the dizzy hole and prime the pump.
 

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you can rent an oil pump primer from autozone for like 15$. i packed mine full of vasoline, it creates a vacuum upon start up, and vasoline is 100% petrolium.
 
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I wouldn't crank with the coil wire off because if nothing has oil in it I guess you are really rotating metal on metal. If you spin the pump with the oil pump shaft it primes the pump and sends oil everywhere.
 
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