<VV> new lifters...

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Buy some GM EOS- Engine Oil Supplement from your Chevy dealer or wherever 
you can find it.. After lubing everything before assy, pour this stuff on 
cam, crank/rod bearings, etc and throw the rest in the engine. It is for 
engine rebuilds, especially with flat tappet cams like older cars all have.
About priming lifters.... I can't imagine why they would say not to, but you 
probably don't have to.  You can soak them in oil and try and prime them and 
it probably helps.  The normal way to rebuild an engine includes running the 
oil pump with a drill and flat blade like a stripped distributor shaft, to 
pump up passages and running it long enough, to get oil out thru the push 
rods. When that happens, you can feel confident you have most of the lifter 
filled with oil, if not all of it filled. Of course, you have to remove the 
distributor to do so.

Chuck S
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mark at noakes.com>
>
> Does no one sell moly based assembly lube any more?  All I can find is
> engine assembly lube based on lithium...NAPA...makes me squeamish that
> I'm not going far enough to protect the cam and moving parts on
> startup.
>
> Since this is a new lifter on an old cam, any general suggestions?
> Like I said it has been MANY years since I've had to do this...and I
> don't want to damage the cam.
>
> Comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Noakes