What happens when..

[gore-]

.. when your oil pump dies.

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Most of the damage was done to my head after I ran it with no oil pressure. As best I know.. I didn't hear any rod knock. But here is the damage to the head.

My rocker arms were pretty scarred. As well as the cams but I didn't get a shot of those.

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Here is my new set of rockers next to my old set.

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Here are a few misc. shots of my head disassembled.
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Here are some tips to prime your lifters before reinstalling them.
You need to bleed them and I found the easiest way was to stick a thin rod down the upper portion of the lifter and compress it while submerged.

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You can see some of the nasty oil coming out. For good measure I was bleeding out the oil, then bleeding out the air twice to get rid of the junk oil.

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Here she is back together.

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Here are the pros that were working on it.
( me )

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(my buddy matt)

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