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    Quote Originally Posted by tango
    You can try and remove the oil filter and fill it to the top with oil . You may have an air pocket . But If that dose not work do not try and run it any more . When that engine was built . The builder may have lelt out the front cam plugs ?
    I also wonder about the plug below the rear main bearing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by erik erikson
    I also wonder about the plug below the rear main bearing.
    ...thats what I was thinking...thats the tricky one thats easy to forget about

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    Quote Originally Posted by erik erikson
    I also wonder about the plug below the rear main bearing.
    If they were not in . I think he may have some oil on the floor . Here is a photo of the cam plugs . I bought a 327 from a guy that was rebuilt and had no oil pressure . These plugs were not installed .
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