1968 Barracuda Notch - Plano, TX

FYI - don't know if y'all are aware of this:

Old Mopars are real easy to pre-oil. I recently was doing a lot of manual turning of the engine by hand. Since the engine has been sitting a while I pre-oiled it first.

Pull the distributor, then pull the intermediate shaft with a pair of needle nose. One 3/8" hex shaft and a 20 year old 800 rpm electric drill. Spins the oil pump faster than if the car was at idle (oil pump spins at camshaft speed). Spin the hex the same way the distributor turns. Rotate the engine slowly by hand to push oil to all the galleries. Just have to know which way the intermediate and distributor was pointing. I mark the distributor at TDC and make a note on the intermediate shaft angle.

Only takes 5 minutes, a 1/2" wrench, and a pair of needle nose to set up. Only thing I had to buy was the hex shaft. I wrapped the hex shaft with masking tape in the area where it passes through the bushing in case it happens to touch. This will be really handy for prefilling Accusump, oil cooler, and remote filter set-up.