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Ok so we have finished it. Thank you all for all of your advice. I did re prime the pump. I think I was expecting more oil but that did the trick. Then we tried to fire it up. Found out the distributor was 180 off. Thanks to what all of you said about the pump that was easy to take care of. Got it running then fine tune the timing. It is running like a bat out of hell now. We will take it easy for about 1000 miles for break in but right now it sounds and feels like a whole new truck. Thanks again for all of the help.

You guys are awesome!

Please forgive my ignorance here.... but are you saying to go ahead and start it but watch the oil pressure carefully? I removed and re primed the pump. When I turn it over there seems to be some oil, very little, starting to build in the head.

I will do it again to be 100% sure but that is how I installed it. Oil does come out. The distributor turn counter clockwise. I did install the pick up tube. Almost forgot too and caught it at the last second lol. I was told that we might not be able to produce enough rpm without starting it but I don't want to do that without knowing if oil is pumping.

We just finished our z22 rebuild and are getting ready to start it up but don't have any oil pumping up to the head so we are in a holding pattern until we figure it out. I primed it before install and aligned the punch mark but nothing seems to happen. My questions begin with... Is there a way to prime the oil system with everything installed? Thanks in advance for any help.

This was it. I checked it all then removed the starter and checked all the connections and it fired right up. Thank you all for the help.

We just finished replacing the clutch and got everything back in place and when you turn the key it wont turn over. I have traced everything back and it all is hooked up. Anyone have any ideas what to look at on this? I have an 81 720 4 speed.