[AT] cub / prime oil pump

[K7jdj at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/9/05 12:50:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
DAVIESW739 at aol.com writes:

I DID lose a set of bearings in an engine 
that  failed to prime after setting all winter.


Many larger commercial engines have built in pre lub pumps.  Some even have 
electric pumps that are controlled by timers that pump lub oil through the 
engine when it is not running.  I know of a case where the pumps were wired wrong 
(3 phase) and the pumps sucked oil instead of pumping oil and you and your 
fellow tax payers paid a lot of tax dollars to repair several of these engines.

Sometimes if one of my engines is slow to start after sitting idle for a 
period of time I am glad.  I always pull the coil wire or diesel solenoid wire if 
an engine has not been run for several months.  Crank until I've got oil 
pressure showing and this is the recommend procedure in several shop manuals.

Gary
Renton, WA.