And you primed the chain tensioners

Fluid will take path of least resistance. It will displace almost all the air, filling all the tubes, and then suddenly develop oil pressure everywhere at the same time. You can't develop multiple bar of pressure at the mains while there is still an empty passages/tubes going out to the heads. If you used assembly lube it should be fine while you crank (w/o fuel pump fuse as you mentioned.)

Mihnea,
+1 on cranking with the fuel pump fuse pulled.

Rob

Yep.

And a little more progress today. Transmission is in and motor and trans are back on their mounts. It won't be long now.

http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/a...psiqia9usr.jpg
http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/a...psprp6jfps.jpg

Hot damn! Able to fire it up tonight?

No, sadly the next time I'll be able to work on it is Thursday, so hopefully then.

Since I didn't get a chance to work on the car today, I don't have any updates. Here are a couple photos I edited on my phone. I was just playing around with some psychedelic colors.

First, the valve tappet housing, which is a beautifully made piece and also incredibly light to hold.

http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/a...psh2qpsncp.jpg

And then the tappets installed in the head.

http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/a...pskmhb5txf.jpg

Well, it started and it runs well. Off to bed. More details tomorrow.

Congratulations!

Woot! Way to go, man! Congratulations to you and Ion. Very impressive.