Rocker shims = NO rocker shaft oiling

After taking out the shims and slowly spinning the crank which I wasn't doing incrementally while spinning the pump it finally started spraying/ flowing coincedenly and I assumed it was the shims. I thought the hole was not big big enough to allow the oil to get thru and came up with the notching plan. One post mentioned in doing so would allow the oil to be miss directed away from the shaft in stead of towards it. I checked that theory this morning and found that with that one shim missing...he was correct. Later today when time allows, I'll put the shims back in and be more patient with the priming to see if it will work.