OK except for cranking the engine to see oil. Likely to take a LOT of cranking. Low speed cranking not good for new cam/lifter interface.
Much better to prime by spinning the oil pump with a drill motor and a screwdriver bit if you don't have an extra distributor to make a primer with. You don't need the distributor body like you do with a Chevy V8. Spin the pump for a bit, turn the crank 1/3 turn, spin some more, repeat a couple times. Then just keep spinning the pump until you see oil out the pushrods or tire of trying. Then fire the engine.
If all that is too much trouble just fire the engine right away and don't let it idle.
Put a paint pen mark on your pushrods so you can tell if they are spinning or not. If you see the pushrod spin then the lifter is probably also spinning which is what you want.
FWIW, I would not do what you have done here. I would have replaced the cam and lifters as a set. This might work, or it might send more metallic shrapnel through your engine...
Last edited by strokersix; 10/22/15 01:53 PM.
