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Subject:Re: Lubrication
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Thu, 1 Feb 2001 21:20:50 +1200

>Hi Guys,
>I have an air-cooled engine standing in my garage for over a year.  Now I
>want to install it.  How am I going to make sure that I will have oil
>pressure fast enough.  Is there a way to prime the system or something
>similar?
>Zoltan

Disconnect the ignition wires (power going INTO ignition, not HT leads) and
wind it over on the starter until the oil light goes off. reconnect
ignition and fire up.

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
64 (3) 479-7527 fax
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
VW van, Toyota diesel & mollusc nut
Macintosh 7500/200/64, 6116/60/24

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