I am at my wits end.

DING DING DING DING!!! We have a winner. daredevil nailed it. A big THANKS to pete. One of the ARP bolts was keeping the oil pump from seating all the way. In one of my other threads I said that I could hear oil spraying in the oil pan and that was it. I found this the hard way. When I took the new oil pump off again it was broken. That was a big red flag to me. I found that the ARP main bolt that is hardest to see was interfering. I cured it by grinding a little off of the pump casing. I rebuilt my old pump and tried it in a bucket of oil. It shot oil across the garage. I reinstalled the pump, pan and a new filter and now have 45 psi of oil pressure using a cordless drill that is not turning very fast. I will finish putting the engine back together in the morning, (about 2 hours work) and then I will fire it up.

Thanks to all who had suggestions and good wishes. Some of the suggestions were real eye openers and I checked every one of them.

Jack