Oil pump priming question

So I checked both of the plugs in front and back of the distributor shaft, both were there. If the plugs were out on the back of the engine would it run down into the bottom front of the transmission bell housing? Nothing leaking there and I looked and felt around inside the bottom of the bell housing and it is dry all along the bottom. Or would the oil drain into another part of the transmission? Was hoping I would have to drop the trany to check the plugs back there.


Post 14 shows a picture of the plug you may be missing. You can't see it with the gearbox out. You have to pull the distributor out and physically look in there to see if it's there or not.

It can be missing and you wouldn't have an external leak.