No oil to rockers?

[1320racer]

Rotate the crank. Also what drill? typically need a good 1/2” electric drill

[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Have a 283 street engine in my 63 Nova cruiser. Just changed the cam and lifters and I'm getting no oil to the rockers. Have tried priming it multiple times. Usually even if you don't get a steady stream out of the push rods you will get a few bubbles when priming with the drill and dummy distributor. Have the engine on my run in stand. Have started the engine and run it for 30 seconds. Has 60lbs oil pressure but no oil to the pushrods. Any ideas?

Originally Posted by 1320racer

Rotate the crank. Also what drill? typically need a good 1/2? electric drill

Stan

[1320racer]

He editted his original post 7 minutes after my reply adding that Info dumbazz

[1legjerry]

If all you did was change cam and lifters(nothing else) then I would say you got the wrong lifters. What year 283?

Have some work the drill and then turn the crank by hand at the same time.

[1320racer]

1legjerry…KNOWS

[Kenney Kelley]

Does your cam have the notch at the rear journal or does all Chevrolet cams have that? Did you by any chance put the 6 plugs in the block to far? When you primed the block did you remove the 1/8" pipe plug in front of the block to see if you are getting oil up front, if so it might be what the other Gentlemen have said about the lifters or have you run a wire down through the push rods? I know this is basic knowledge and I know you probably have built alot of Chevy Motors in your life time but you were asking for suggestions.

Remove the intake, prime it, does the oil exit bottom of the lifter heavily? If so the lifter is wrong .