CobraEd- I won't know about the pressure until Saturday when I get a chance to work on it again. (This trying to make a living stuff gets in the way during the week)
Poorboy & ERA535, The motor ran perfectly for those now infamous 2 minutes. As soon as I change the lines, change the
oil, start it up, check the pressure, down the celebratory-everythings-ok beer, I'll let you know what happened.
Nice to know I am not the only dummy to have done this. I still can't figure out how I did it, I must have looked at the billet fitting for the block a half dozen times before I connected the lines.
Lesson learned: Physically test EVERTHING before running it.