YerDugliness Any chance of getting a first Name?? Any way most of this has been covered well. I do run and have run a accusump for 12 years. It has saved my motor twice at the track with the breakage of rocker shafts. I ran a 452 motor for 8 years. The bottom end still looked like new the all the abuse I had done. 98% was track time. I am following the same course with 482 motor.
Preoiling goes without question before cranking or starting a car. I also believe in an
oil additive for the motor. The ones that seam to work the best are EOS from GM and Lucas
oil suppliment,( if this is installed correctly with a warm motor and slow pour)
Unless you have a fuel cutoff valve or run the carb dry, you have problem number 2. Cranking the motor without a coil wire on is fine. If you have fuel going into the carb, this means that some of it is getting into the cylinders and washing them down. This means no lube for Mr. Rings, piston skirts, and piston pin. They all need splash to get lubed unless pressure fed.
As far as the prelubers, DEPENDING on where the
oil is coming from would a use this. There is no filter to clean the oil before going into the motor. The first pickup point is the drain plug in the oil pan. Think about this, Where does all the crap go to in the motor over time?? what if you have a motor with worn bearings, the metal DOESN'T always get to the filter. You are sucking on the bottom of the oil pan. These preoilers are good for new motor startups and cool down on turbo motors IF the pickup is NOT at the bottom of the oil pan. A Min of 1" off the bottom of the pan is a better location and over fill the motor by 1 quart. Adding a filter would also be a good thing or running the system through the oil filter on the car if possible BEFORE having this oil get into the motor.
If you have not started your motor for 1 year and didn't fog it before putting it away, Couple of things here
Remove spark plugs and spray WD-40 in all the holes and let sit over night. If the oil was new in the motor, remove distributor and spin with 1/2" drill to build up pressure. reinstalled distributor soon as possible. have tester plugs reinstalled. Fire up motor to high setiting on choke, 1,200-1,300 rpms and let run. at this time watch oil pressure and listen to motor, may have stuck lifters. If have this sound add small bottle of marvel mistery oil into motor warm to quiet noises.
Check carb bowls for being clean and watch for gaskets not sealing when you do start the motor and run motor. Take off the choke but leave the rpm on higher than idle until coolant fan cycles on and off for 2 cycles. Let motor idle down and listen for noises. If none, let motor cool off. Change oil and filter, install new spark plugs, set timing and go for a cruise. NO 6,000 rpm blasts at this time. Motor is no different from you after sleeping, needs a warm shower to get the joints moving. I would add 1 extra quart of oil to the motor and a bottle of Lucas. Good Luck Rick L.